| BEY | Governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire (3) |
| TETRARCH | Governor of a fourth part of a country or province in ancient Rome; from Greek, 'four rule' (8) |
| BOROUGH | Word for a citadel or fortress originally, later a district or town (7) |
| PROVINCE | General word for a district or region; or, historically, a territory outside Italy under Roman rule (8) |
| VILAYET | Historical word for a province in the Ottoman Empire (7) |
| AGA | Title for a military leader in the Ottoman Empire (3) |
| FEZ | Red-felt tasselled hat popularised in the Ottoman Empire |
| ADA | Girl of a District Attorney (3) |
| ETHNARCH | Ruler or governor of a people or province, as in parts of the Roman and Byzantine Empires (8) |
| VICEROY | Governor of a colony, country or province who rules in the name of his sovereign or government (7) |
| ODALISQUE | In the Ottoman Empire, what was a slave who served the wives of a sultan? (9) |
| PASHA | Title of a governor in the Ottoman Empire (5) |
| PARK | Derived from the name of a district in East London where horses were pastured, a mount for everyday riding; or, a leisurely ride in the countryside upon said jade (4) |
| EFFENDI | In disbelief fending off title of respect used in the Ottoman Empire (7) |
| PLEBISCITE | A direct vote of a whole nation or the people of a district on a special point (10) |
| COUNT | Foreign nobleman, equal in rank to an earl; or, his title, which is the root of a term for a comital district or shire (5) |
| NOMARCH | Governor of a province or department in ancient Egypt or modern Greece (7) |
| ALIPASHA | Albanian warlord who ruled a near-autonomous state in the Ottoman empire based in Ioannina, visited by Byron |
| CALIPHYOUNEEDME | Urging from a factotum in the Ottoman Empire? |
| VIZIER | Grand ___, title for a chief minister in the Ottoman empire (6) |
