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| 52642650 | Ottomans | Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during 1350s; conquered large part of Balkans; unified under Mehmed I; captured Constantinople in 1453; established empire from Balkans that included most of Arab world. | 0 | |
| 52642651 | Mehmet II | Murad's son achieved the most dramatic feat in Ottoman history. Conquered Constantinople. He opened Constantinople to new citizens of many religions and renamed the city Istanbul. | 1 | |
| 52642652 | Janissaries | Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826. See also devshirme. | 2 | |
| 52642653 | Vizier | a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire). | 3 | |
| 52642654 | Safavid dynasty | Originally a Turkic nomadic group; family originated in Sufi mystic group; espoused Shi'ism; conquered territory and established kingdom in region equivalent to modern Iran; lasted until 1722. | 4 | |
| 52642655 | Isma'il | Founder of Shia Islam known as religious tyrant who killed any citizen who didn't convert. | 5 | |
| 52642656 | Chaldiran | Important battle between the Safavids and Ottomans in 1514; Ottoman victory demonstrated the importance of firearms and checked the western advance of their Shi'a state. | 6 | |
| 52642657 | Abbas the Great | Safavid ruler from 1587 to 1629; extended Safavid domain to greatest extent; created slave regiments based on captured Russians, who monopolized firearms within Safavid armies; incorporated Western military technology. | 7 | |
| 52642658 | Imams | Spiritual leaders who, according to some Shi'ah Muslims, should be direct descendants of Muhammad. | 8 | |
| 52642659 | Mullahs | Local mosque officials and prayer leaders within the Safavid Empire; agents of Safavid religious campaign to convert all of population to Shi'ism. | 9 | |
| 52642660 | Mughal dynasty | established by Babur in India in 1526; the name is taken from the supposed Mongol descent of Babur, but there is little indication of any Mongol influence in the dynasty; became weak after rule of Aurangzeb in first decades of 18th century. | 10 | |
| 52642661 | babur | Brilliant general who laid the foundation for the Mughal Empire. | 11 | |
| 52642662 | Akbar | Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. | 12 | |
| 52642663 | Din Ilahi | Religious doctrine propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar, intended to merge the best elements of the religions of his empire. | 13 | |
| 52642664 | Taj Mahal | Beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife. | 14 | |
| 52642665 | Shah | Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran. | 15 | |
| 52642666 | Marattas | Western Indian peoples who rebelled against Mughal control early in the 18th century. | 16 | |
| 52642667 | Sikhs | Nonviolent religous group that blended Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sufism. | 17 |
