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Chapter 18
Muslims and the Ottoman World
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Social Studies
9th Grade
04/26/2017

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Ghazis
Definition
Warriors for Islam
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Ottomans
Definition
Followers of Othman
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Sultan
Definition

"overlord" or one with power

Term
Suleyman the lawgiver
Definition

*Known as Suleyman the Magnificant in the West

*Superb military leader

*Created a court system

*Make enslaved prisoners convert to Islam and become soldiers for his army

*Created a simple tax system

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Janissaries
Definition
*An elite force of 30,000 soldiers who were loyal only to the sultan
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Mughals
Definition
Another word for Mongols
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Akbar

 

Definition

*Leader of India from 1556-1605

*Akbar means "great one"

*Use cannons and heavy military force to unite a land of 100 million people

*He was a Muslim but believed in religious freedom and tolerance

*He welcomed culutral diffusion into his empire

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Sikhs
Definition

The was a non violent religious group whose doctrines

blended buddishm, hinduism and surfism

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Safavid
Definition
*A shi'ite Muslim Dynasty that ruled persia between the 16th and 18th centuries
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shah
Definition
King
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