AP World History: Ch. 22 The Muslim Empires, Pt. 2 Flashcards

5908058706	Sail al-Din	Eponymous founder of the Safavids, Sufi mystic; leader of the Red Heads.	0
5908058707	Red Heads	Name given to Safavid followers because of their distinctive red headgear.	1
5908058708	Ismâ'il	Safavid leader; conquered the city of Tabriz in 1501 and was proclaimed shah.	2
5908058709	Chaldiran	An important battle between the Safavids and Ottomans in 1514; Ottoman victory demonstrated the importance of firearms and checked the western advance of the Safavid Shi'a state.	3
5908058710	Abbas I, "The Great"	Safavid shah (1587-1629); extended the empire to its greatest extent; used Western military technology.	4
5908058711	Imams	Shi'a religious leaders who traced their descent to Ali's successors.	5
5908058712	Mullahs	Religious leaders under the Safavids; worked to convert all subjects to Shi'ism.	6
5908058713	Isfahan	Safavid capital under Abbas the Great; planned city exemplifying Safavid architecture.	7
5908058714	Nadir Khan Afshar	Emerged following fall of Safavids; proclaims himself shah, 1736.	8
5908058715	Babur	Turkic leader who founded the Mughal dynasty; died in 1530.	9
5908058716	Humayn	Son and successor of Babur; expelled from India in 1540 but returned to restore the dynasty in 1556.	10
5908058717	Akbar	Son and successor of Humayn; built up the military and administrative structure of the dynasty; followed policies of cooperation and toleration with the Hindu majority.	11
5908058718	Din-i-Ilahi	Religion initiated by Akbar that blended elements of Islam and Hinduism; did not survive his death.	12
5908058719	Aurangzeb	Son and successor of Shah Jahan; pushed extent of Mughal control in India; reversed previous policies to purify Islam of Hindu influences; incessant warfare depleted the empire's resources; died in 1707.	13
5908058720	Taj Mahal	Mausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal, built by her husband Shah Jahan; most famous architectural achievement of Mughal India.	14
5908058721	Nur Jahan	Wife of ruler Jahangir who amassed power at the Mughal court and created a faction ruling the empire during the later years of his reign.	15
5908058722	Mumtaz Mahal	Wife of Shah Jahan; took an active political role in Mughal court; entombed in Taj Mahal.	16
5908058723	Marattas	People of western India; challenged Mughal rule under Aurangzeb.	17
5908058724	Sikhs	Indian sect, beginning as a synthesis of Hindu and Muslim faiths; pushed to opposition to Muslim and Mughul rule.	18
5986892883	Sati	The practice followed by small minorities, usually upper caste, of Indians of burning widows on the funeral pyres of their deceased husbands	19
5986905018	Purdah	The seclusion of Indian women in their homes	20