Chapter 15 Flashcards

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