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Ottoman imperial dynasty from 1299 to 1922, from Osman I to Mehmed VI. It ruled as sultans and caliphs, expanded the empire across Anatolia, the Balkans and the Arab world, administered minorities through the millet system and attempted reforms (Tanzimat) until abolition in 1922.
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Leans further toward autocracy than 94% of the 159 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
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Most compatible among the 266 ideologies
Roman imperial tradition that, from Julius Caesar through Augustus, Nero, Marcus Aurelius and Justinian, concentrates army, law and administration in the ruler while preserving institutions, popular provisioning and sovereignty over a diverse empire.
A doctrine that hands the state to the Islamic clergy and makes sharia the supreme law, above popular sovereignty, as in Khomeini's guardianship of the jurist (velayat-e faqih) in Iran and the Taliban emirate in Afghanistan.
Autocratic, militarized imperial order that expands territory by conquest yet governs conquered peoples through communal autonomy, administered religious tolerance and tribute, without demanding cultural assimilation from its subjects.
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Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605, Akbar expanded the empire across most of northern India, centralized administration through the mansabdari system, abolished the jizya, adopted religious tolerance (sulh-i-kul) and created the syncretic faith Din-i Ilahi.
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Salafi-jihadist organization that proclaimed a caliphate in 2014 over parts of Iraq and Syria under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It imposed extreme sharia, enslaved Yazidis, carried out public executions and global attacks, and lost its territory in 2019.
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