Chp 6 Muslim Empire Vocabulary

a soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks

• gunpower empire

• janissary

• anarchy
• suttee

an empire formed by outside conquerors who unified the regions they conquered through their mastery of firearms

• Grand Vizier

• sultan
• anarchy
• gunpowder empire

holder of power; the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans

• sultan
• suttee
• harem
• ulema

sacred place; the private domain of an Ottoman sultan, where he and his wives resided

• anarchy

• Janissaries
• harem

• shah

the Ottoman sultan's chief minister who carried the main burdens of the state and who led the council meetings

• zamindar

• Grand Vizier

• suttee
• sultan

a group of religious scholars who served as advisors to the Ottoman sultan; this group administered the legal system and schools for educating Muslims

• anarchy

• zamindar
• ulema

• orthodoxy

the ruler of Iran or Persia

• shah
• Janissaries
• gunpower empire
• ulema

traditional beliefs, especially in religion

• shah

• sultan
• harem
• orthodoxy

political disorder; lawlessness

• anarchy
• Grand Vizier
• zamindar
• orthodoxy

a local official in Mogul India who received a plot of farmland for collecting taxes

• harem

• suttee
• zamindar

• gunpower empire