Ghazan Khan
The amir who convinced him to convert
What is Nawruz?
He was the ruler of this empire between 1405 and 1447.
What are the Timurids?
Meaning "love for the Shah," this word replaced the concept of "Sufigari"
What is "shahsevani"
This term was coined by the Sasanians and revived during the Safavid period to refer to "Greater Iran."
What is Iranshahr?
These two are twins
What is religion and kingship?
He adopted this title, one which expressed independence from the Mongol tradition
What is Padshah-i Islam?
This was the chief means by which he and his wife Gawharshad promoted Islamic doctrinal orthodoxy.
What are madrasas?
This Qizilbash chief picked Shah Abbas to be king at the ripe age of seventeen.
Who is Murshid Quli Khan Ustajlu?
This term refers to the ritual beating by a stick performed by the Qizilbash
What is chub-i tariq?
This man was responsible for dismantling the famous Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp.
This vizier was Ghazan Khan's chief ideologist of his centralizing reforms.
Who is Rashid al-Din?
He moved the capital to this city.
What is Herat?
These were the new standing army whom Shah Abbas brought in from the Caucasus to replace the Qizilbash.
Who were the ghulam?
Along with the Miraj-nama, this work of Sufi hagiography was translated into Chagatay from the Persian during the Timurid period
What is the Tadhkirat al-awliya?
The world is a garden, hedged in by sovereignty; Sovereignty is lordship, preserved by law; Law is administration, governed by the king; The king is a shepherd, supported by the army; The army are soldiers, fed by money; Money is revenue, gathered by the people; The people are servants, subjected by justice; Justice is happiness, the well-being of the world
What is the circle of justice?
This date (CE) marks the beginning of the "Ilkhani" era calendar
What is March 14, 1302?
He is the patron saint of Shah Rukh's capital and an eleventh century Hanbali traditionist
Who is Khwaja Abd Allah Ansari?
In 1601, he undertook a pilgrimage on foot to this holy city to reassert Safavid claim on this city.
What is Mashhad?
This term can be translated as "ambitious brigandage"
What is qazaqliq?
In an article, Subtelny and Khalidov point to the close connection between this and political ideology.
What is higher learning?
This Turkish word is the name of the head tax that replaced the Islamic jizya
These two Persian terms are bureaucratic procedures introduced to the Timurid financial administration
What is siyāqat and daftar?
This important Shi'i philosopher-theologian is widely regarded as the founder of the "School of Isfahan"
This term refers to the talisman in which the words, prayers and epitomes of shaykh Sa'd al-Din were written and which was given to Ghazan Khan by shaykh Sadr al-Din
What is haykal?
A famous miniature of this character from the Shahnama, housed in the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, is considered by Prof. Subtelny to be the most beautiful piece of Persian artwork in history.
Who is Gayumars?