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Across 2. is a city in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state. It's home to the iconic Taj Mahal 6. the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605 7. a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey 11. on the Bay of Bengal in eastern India, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu 12. the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I 13. appointed official in the Ottoman Empire, who collected taxes, maintained law and order, and was directly responsible to the sultan’s Court 16. a local official in Mogul India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes for the central government 19. an empire formed by outside conquerors, who unified regions that they conquered through mastery of firearms. (2 Words) 20. also known from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont, is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia 21. the chief Ottoman architect and civil engineer for Sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than 300 major structures and other more modest projects, such as schools 23. the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. (3 Words) 25. a mountain pass in the northwest of Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan (2 Words) 26. a soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks 29. “holder of power” the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottoman 30. was the 5th Safavid Shah of Iran, and is generally considered the strongest ruler of the Safavid dynasty (2 Words) 32. the capital of India's West Bengal state 33. the sixth Mughal emperor. Widely considered the last effective Mughal emperor

Down 1. the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up most of the modern-day Turkey. (2 Words) 2. nation and former Soviet republic, is bounded by the Caspian Sea and Caucasus Mountains 3. the inland sea, entirely within the borders of Turkey, that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, thus separating Turkey's Asian and European parts (3 Words) 4. the prime minister of the Ottoman sultan, with absolute power of attorney (2 Words) 5. a large plateau in western and southern India. Delhi-- India’s capital territory is a massive metropolitan area in the country’s north (2 Words) 8. a group of religious advisors to the Ottoman sultan; this group administered the legal system and schools for educating Muslims 9. the ultimate founder and first Emperor of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent 10. a city in central Iran, known for its Persian architecture 14. “sacred place” the private domain of an Ottoman sultan, where he and his wives resided 15. the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea (2 Words) 17. traditional beliefs, especially in religion 18. dynasty which was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history 22. commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was an Ottoman Sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire (2 Words) 23. was the fifth Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1628 to 1658. (2 Words) 24. the founder of the Safavid dynasty, ruling from 1501 to 23 May 1524 as Shah of Iran (2 Words) 27. modern means of expressing Mecca, a Muslim holy city in Saudi Arabia 28. Political Disorder, Lawlessness 29. King, the term is used in Persia and Iran. 30. the Hindu custom of cremating a widow in her husband’s funeral pyre 31. the capital city of East Azerbaijan Province, in northwestern Iran