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Across 4. is the westernmost protrusion of Asia (2 Words) 7. Founder of the Mughal empire 8. was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period 11. the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad II 13. the inland sea, entirely within the borders of Turkey (3 Words) 14. officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India 15. is a narrow, natural strait and internationally-significant waterway in northwestern Turkey 17. the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth (2 Words) 19. one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran 21. is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia that is also capital of the Makkah Region 23. is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion 24. is a country in the South Caucasus region, situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe 25. was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death 29. was the fifth Mughal emperor (2 Words) 30. were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards 31. the most populated city in the Iranian Azerbaijan, one of the historical capitals of Iran, and the present capital of East Azerbaijan Province 32. a Muslim sovereign

Down 1. a large plateau in southern India (2 Words) 2. the Indian custom of a wife immolating herself either on the funeral pyre of her dead husband or in some other fashion soon after his death 3. a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India 5. the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants 6. a landowner, especially one who leases his land to tenant farmers 7. a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey 9. a body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology 10. was the prime minister of the Ottoman sultan (2 Words) 12. is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu 13. the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 (3 Words) 16. title given to the emperors, kings, princes and lords of Iran 17. is the capital of India's West Bengal state 18. also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan, Esfahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran 19. was the 5th Safavid Shah of Iran (2 Words) 20. is a mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan (2 Words) 22. was Shah of Iran (Persia) (1501) and the founder of the Safavid dynasty (2 Words) 24. the sixth, and widely considered the last effective Mughal Emperor 26. best known as Mehmed the Conqueror was an Ottoman sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446 (2 Words) 27. the title of a Turkish officer of high rank 28. a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority