Muslim Empires Crossword Puzzle

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