Muslim empires: Ottomans, Safavids & Mughals Islamic map, 1154
Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman miniature painting. Located at Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, Istanbul
Mehmet I
Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II The Conqueror by Gentile Bellini, 1480 National gallery
Suleyman the Magnificent
Ottoman Janissaries and the defending Knights of St Ottoman Janissaries and the defending Knights of St. John, Siege of Rhodes, 1522
Safavid empire in 1510
Shah Ismail I. Medieval European rendering by an unknown Venetian artist. The original rendering is kept in the Uffizi Gallery museum in Florence, Italy.
Arabic for shi’ism
Shah Abbas 1578-1629
Homayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb Akbar r. 1556-1605
Homayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb Jahangir r. 1605-27 Shah Jahan r. 1628-58 Aurangzeb, r. 1658-1707
Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan seated on Peacock Throne. Tempera painting Shah Jahan seated on Peacock Throne. Tempera painting. India, Mughal period, c.1605-58.