274267416 | Beys | provincial governors in the Ottoman empire | 0 | |
274267417 | Devshirme | "collection", system of collecting, training and educating slaves into an elite element in Ottoman society | 1 | |
274267418 | Dharmashastra | Hindu law code | 2 | |
274267419 | Janissaries | the elite Ottoman guard, recruited from the Christian population of the Balkans and converted to Islam | 3 | |
274267420 | Kanoni | "lawgiver", title that Suleyman the magnificent preferred when referring to himself | 4 | |
274267421 | Millet | "nation" or "community", administrative unit in Ottoman empire, religious groups had own communities with latitude in ruling themselves | 5 | |
274267422 | Pashas | Ottoman officials who collected taxes, maintained law order, and were directly responsible to Istanbul | 6 | |
274267423 | Purdah | the Indian term for the practice among the Muslims and some Hindus of isolating women and preventing them from associated with men | 7 | |
274267424 | Sati | immolation of Indian widow on her husband's funeral pyre | 8 | |
274267425 | Shari'a | Islamic law code | 9 | |
274267426 | Sipahis | local cavalry elite in Ottoman Turkish empire | 10 | |
274267427 | Sultan | sovereign, title claimed by the Ottoman rulers | 11 | |
274267428 | Vezir | Chief minister | 12 | |
274267429 | Zamindars | local Indian officials | 13 |
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