POLS 3060 Midterm: Terms and Definitions

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3060
• Professor: Janine Clark

Document Summary

Arab a member of a semitic people, originally from the arabian peninsula and neighbouring territories, inhabiting much of the middle east and north africa. Caliph a person considered a religious successor to the islamic prophet muhammad and a leader of the entire. Capitulations contracts between the ottoman empire and european powers. Arrangements were entered into by each contracting party towards the other. Traders entering the ottoman empire were exempt from local prosecution, local taxation, local conscription, and the searching of their domicile. They were initially made during the empire"s military dominance, to entice and encourage commercial exchange with western merchants. They were increasingly exploited after military dominance shifted to europe, allowing significant economic and political abuse by european powers. Divan the privy council of the ottoman empire. Grand vizier in the ottoman empire, the prime minister to the ottoman sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissible only by the sultan himself.