Muslim Empires Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 1. Muslims who only accepted the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam
  2. 3. the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
  3. 7. a person that takes over a throne, office, inheritance, or position after someone/something else
  4. 8. central Asian nomadic invaders who threatened Islamic lands in the early 13th century
  5. 9. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
  6. 11. a non-Arab who converts to Islam and affiliates himself with an Arabian tribe
  7. 12. capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate
  8. 13. Turkish foot soldiers who formed the sultan's guard
  9. 17. chief Muslim and religious leader of the tribe
  10. 19. person who has no permanent adobe and travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock
  11. 22. system of government where important decisions are made by state officials
  12. 26. a Muslim sovereign; "holder of power"
  13. 28. a body of Muslim scholars who have specialized knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology
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  1. 1. Muslims who did not all agree with Umayyad rule but accepted the Umayyads as caliphs
  2. 2. a Muslim ascetic and mystic
  3. 3. capital city of the Ottoman Empire
  4. 4. "people of the book"; had to pay taxes but were allowed to retain their own religious and social organization.
  5. 5. a person involved in applying merchandise to a particular trade
  6. 6. to have control/influence over
  7. 10. a poor farmer of low social status who owns a small piece of land for cultivation
  8. 14. an increase in prices and fall in the value of money
  9. 15. "king"
  10. 16. a high official in some Muslim countries who advised caliphs
  11. 18. private domain of a sultan where he and his wives resided; "sacred place"
  12. 20. established the Umayyad dynasty
  13. 21. capital city of the Umayyad Caliphate
  14. 23. the name of God among Muslims
  15. 24. person who has changed their religious faith or other beliefs
  16. 25. the title of a Turkish officer of high rank
  17. 27. a member of the ruling Muslim population of the Ottoman Empire