Vocab, Who's Who, and What's What for Week 4
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| 269320579 | Vizier | Ottoman equivalent of the Abbasid wazir; head of the Ottoman bureaucracy; after the 5th century often more powerful than the sultan | 0 | |
| 269320580 | Mehmed | (1432-1481) Ottoman sultan called the "Conqueror"; responsible for conquest of Constantinople in 1453; destroyed what remained of Byzantine Empire | 1 | |
| 269320581 | Babur | Founder of Mughal dynasty in India; descended from Turkic warriors; first led invasion of India in 1526; died in 1530 | 2 | |
| 269320582 | Marattas | Western Indian peoples who rebelled against Mughal control early in 18th century | 3 | |
| 269320583 | Janissaries | Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies; forcibly conscripted as boys in conquered areas of Balkans, legally slaves; translated military service into political influence, particularly after 15th century | 4 | |
| 269320584 | Nur Jahan | (1577-1645) Wife of Jahangir; amassed power in court and created faction of male relatives who dominated Mughal Empire during later years of Jahangir's reign. | 5 | |
| 269320585 | Sikhs | Sect in northwest India; early leaders tried to bridge differences between Hindu and Muslim, but Mughal persecution led to anti-Muslim feeling | 6 | |
| 269320586 | Isma'il | (1487-1524) Sufi commander who conquered the city of Tabriz in 1501; first Safavid to be proclaimed shah or emperor | 7 | |
| 269320587 | Mumtaz Mahal | (1593-1631) Wife of Shah Jahan; took an active political role in Mughal court; entombed in Taj Mahal | 8 | |
| 269320588 | 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 | 9 | |
| 269320589 | Chaldiran | Site of battle between Safavids and Ottomans in 1514; Safavids severely defeated by Ottomans; checked western advance of Safavid Empire | 10 | |
| 269320590 | Mullahs | local mosque officials and prayer leaders within the Safavid Empire; agents of Safavid religious campaign to convert all of population to Shi'ism | 11 | |
| 269320591 | Red Heads | name given to Safavid followers because of their distinctive red headgear | 12 | |
| 269320592 | Din-i-Ilahi | religion initiated by Akbar in Mughal India; blended elements of the many faiths of the subcontinent; key to efforts to reconcile Hindus and Muslims in India, but failed | 13 | |
| 269320593 | Taj Mahal | most famous architectural achievement of Mughal India; originally built as a mausoleum for the wife of Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal | 14 |
