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| 5284654749 | Janissaries | Christian boys taken from families, converted to Islam, and then rigorously trained to serve the sultan. | 0 | |
| 5284674032 | Vizier | The highest office in the Egyptian governmental hierarchy below the king. (a sort of prime minister.) | 1 | |
| 5284674336 | Safavid Dynasty | Founded by a Turkic nomad family with Shi'a Islamic beliefs; established a kingdom in Iran and ruled until 1722. | 2 | |
| 5284678202 | Sail al-Din | Early 14th century Sufi mystic; began campaign to purify Islam; first member of Safavid dynasty. | 3 | |
| 5284681802 | Isma'il | Founder of Shia Islam known as religious tyrant who killed any citizen who didn't convert. | 4 | |
| 5284705782 | Battle of 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. | 5 | |
| 5284708609 | Abbas I | Also known as 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. | 6 | |
| 5284711813 | Imams | Spiritual leaders of Shi'ah Islam, said to be direct descendents of Muhammad. | 7 | |
| 5284716122 | 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. | 8 | |
| 5284719107 | Babur | Founder of Mughal dynasty in India; descended from Turkic warriors; first led invasion of India in 1526; died in 1530. | 9 | |
| 5284731186 | Humayan | Son and successor of Babur; expelled from India in 1540, but restored Mughal rule by 1556; died shortly thereafter. | 10 | |
| 5284731187 | 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. | 11 | |
| 5284736384 | Din-i-Liani | Religion initiated by Akbar in Mughal India; blended elements of the many faiths of the subcontinent; key to efforts to reconcile Hindu and Muslims in India, but failed. | 12 | |
| 5284738616 | Sati | Ritual in India of immolating surviving widows with the bodies of their deceased husbands. | 13 | |
| 5284742336 | Taj Mahal | Beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife. | 14 | |
| 5284755971 | Nur Jahan | Wife of Jahangir; amassed power in court and created faction of male relatives who dominated Mughal Empire during later years of Jahangir's reign. | 15 | |
| 5284759105 | Aurangzeb | Mughal emperor in India and great-grandson of Akbar 'the Great', under whom the empire reached its greatest extent, only to collapse after his death. | 16 | |
| 5284761923 | Ottomans | Turks who had come to Anatolia in the same wave of migrations as the Seljuks. | 17 | |
| 5284765695 | Red Heads | Name given to Safavid followers because of their distinctive red headgear. | 18 | |
| 5284767560 | Shah | Title for the former hereditary monarch of the Mughal Empire. | 19 | |
| 5284780399 | Jizya | Tax paid by Christians and Jews who lived in Muslim communities to allow them to continue to practice their own religion. | 20 | |
| 5284780400 | Mumtaz Mahal | Shah Jahan's wife who had a building named after her (Taj Mahal) , as he was only passinate about her and beautiful buildings. | 21 | |
| 5284784193 | Mehmed II | Also called Mehmed the Conqueror, Murad's son, conquered Constaninople in 1453 and opened it to new citizens of many religions and backgrounds. The rebuilt city was renamed Istanbul. | 22 |
