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