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Across 3. is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu 4. a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority 7. was Shah of Iran (Persia) (1501) and the founder of the Safavid dynasty (2 Words) 8. the most populated city in the Iranian Azerbaijan, one of the historical capitals of Iran, and the present capital of East Azerbaijan Province 11. one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran 13. a Muslim sovereign 14. was the prime minister of the Ottoman sultan (2 Words) 16. the inland sea, entirely within the borders of Turkey (3 Words) 18. officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India 20. the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad II 21. a term used to describe three powerful Muslim empires--the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires (2 Words) 25. was the fifth Mughal emperor (2 Words) 26. is a country in the South Caucasus region, situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe 27. the title of a Turkish officer of high rank 29. was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death 31. title given to the emperors, kings, princes and lords of Iran 32. is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia that is also capital of the Makkah Region 33. a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey

Down 1. is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion 2. a landowner, especially one who leases his land to tenant farmers 3. is the capital of India's West Bengal state 5. also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan, Esfahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran 6. the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth (2 Words) 9. a large plateau in southern India (2 Words) 10. was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period 11. the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520 (3 Words) 12. is the westernmost protrusion of Asia (2 Words) 13. 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 15. is a narrow, natural strait and internationally-significant waterway in northwestern Turkey 17. 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) 19. the sixth, and widely considered the last effective Mughal Emperor 22. a body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology 23. is a mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan (2 Words) 24. were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards 25. was the 5th Safavid Shah of Iran (2 Words) 26. a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India 28. Founder of the Mughal Empire 30. the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants