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Compare And Contrast Safavids And Mughal Empires

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The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals all had military power, were all relatively wealthy, and all religiously committed to a God(s). Their empires acquired new politics, religion, literary, and artistic traditions from their surrounding countries. The Ottomans began their reign in the late 1300’s and lasted as the key influential power in the region until the 1700’s. Women who were in higher power positions were treated better and had more influence among their counterparts. Military powers were particularly important, and is how they expended their empire, by fighting their way through it. The Ottoman leader was called a Sultan, who was a government figurehead; the position was continued by male hereditary. Beneath the sultan, the imperial council, was a …show more content…

They treated women with respect, but not much power capability. The Safavids had a spiritual leader, shah. People were appointed to governing positons based off their skills, not birth. The Safavid Shah traveled the streets in a disguise to make sure that his subjects were being authentic and equal, just as the Ottoman sultan would wander the streets in disguise to execute anyone defying him. The Ottomans and Safavids were both Muslim religion based in worship. Both empires were quick to rise, and quick to fall. The Mughals united a part of India with their intrigue of a multicultural environment. Although, Mughal’s ruler at the time created his own religion, as a king in Europe did, but he allowed the population to believe in their own religion for a cost. The women were treated well, but were married off young. The Mughals also had a set ruler who governed over the territory; the governing body had non-native Muslims in the upper divisions, and Hindus took up a part of the lower divisions. All three empires had a leader that was the primary ruler and a governing body consisting of non-relatives, below

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