HIST 46 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Qizilbash, Recovered Territories, Timar
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The ottoman and safavid empires: a new imperial synthesis. The mughal, safavid, and ottoman empires were expansive islamic states that made lasting social, political, and cultural contributions. The ottomans administrative institutions shaped the people of the modern middle east. Many anatolian tribes were fighting the byzantines, mostly because of the gaza ethos; which was a desire to fight non-muslims to expand islam. Even though the gaza ethos was strong, there was a material and temporal power desire amongst the chieftans. Even though gazi"s were tribal, they adopted islamic culture; patronage of arts and science, appointing shariah judges, and establishing institutions of islamic learning. Osman was one of the anatolian tribes and had a series of successful battles against the. His son orhon captured bursa from them and established a madrasah and his own mosque. His subjects were known as ottomans and this sense of loyalty to the house transcended tribal affiliations. Ottomans slowly conquered southeastern europe and arabia by 1500s.
