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-devshirme

A) Ruling house of the Turkish empire that lasted from 1299 to 1922.
B) An Arabic word originally used by the Ottomans to describe a supreme political and military ruler.
C) Chief assistants to caliphs.
D) A process whereby the sultan's agents swept the provinces for Christian youths to be trained as soldiers or civil servants.
E) Turkish for "recruits"; they formed the elite army corps.
F) A woman who is a recognized spouse but of lower status than a wife.
G) Persian word for "king."
H) The dynasty that ruled all of Persia and other regions from 1501 to 1722; its state religion was Shi'ism.
I) Nomadic Turkish Sufis who supplied the early Safavid state with military troops in exchange for grazing rights.
J) Religious scholars who interpret the Qur'an and the Sunna, the deeds and sayings of Muhammad.
K) A term used to refer to the Muslim empire of India, which was the largest, wealthiest, and most populous of the Islamic empires of the early modern world.
L) The native Indian troops who were trained as infantrymen.