Ottoman Safavid Mughal Empires Compared Ottoman Safavid Mughal

Ottoman, Safavid, & Mughal Empires - Compared

Ottoman, Safavid, & Mughal Empires: compared • They were Islamic. • They existed at about the same time – Suleiman, Abbas I, Akbar were the rulers at the height of each empire and were contemporaries.

CAPITALS Ottoman • Bursa then Istanbul Sulimaniye Mosque Mughal • Delhi The Red Fort

Safavid - Isfahan

Ottoman, Safavid, & Mughal Empires: compared • They were Military Empires & “Gunpowder Empires”

Ottoman Cannon 1600 s

Ottoman, Safavid, & Mughal Empires: compared • They were Military Empires & “Gunpowder Empires” • Each had a centralized government with a Sultan, Shah, or Emperor as the key leader • Bureaucracies managed the empires (Ottoman bureaucracy was the most extensive).

Ottoman, Safavid, & Mughal Empires: compared • Each had Slavery as an institution – non. Muslims were slaves but the status of slaves varied widely Concubines of India

Ottoman, Safavid, & Mughal Empires: compared Factors of Decline were similar – • Inflation & Taxation of the lower classes • The Land-Grant system (land given to military officers but not hereditary) limited development • Weak rulers

Religious Intolerance • Religious minorities were persecuted at times – Sunnis, Shi’a, Sikhs, others • non-Muslims paid higher taxes • They launched missionary efforts and reforms aimed at religious nonconformists

Religious Tolerance • Government positions were available to outsiders and non. Muslims • Christians and Jews and their communities were given special status • Some reforms were made to benefit non. Muslims