HINE 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ismail I, Gunpowder Empires, Shia Islam

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Areas that used to be part of early arab empire spain, morocco are no longer part of it in the early 16th century. Muslim territories outside domain of ottoman, safavid, and mughal empires (ex: sub saharan region, malay peninsula, etc. Term gunpowder empires because of effective use of gunpowder technology/weaponry. There was a shift in gunpowder technology from artillery to the deployment of gunpowder in smaller weapons. Each empire had a distinct form of ideology. Ottomans appropriated legacy of classical muslim empires (both arab and turkic) and championed sunni islam. Mughals subscribed to sunnism but brought about much more pluralistic religious system that could accommodate indigenous peoples of india. Safavid empire based in iran, more turkic: origins (sa ud-din, early 14th c, before consolidation, iran continued to carry the mongol imprint after 1258. After mongols, timurids brought iran under their control: probably established immediately after hulegu"s conquest. Din (which is where safavid designation comes from).

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