| DARIUS | ___ The Great, king of Persia and a ruler of the Achaemenid dynasty (6) |
| XERXES | King of Persia and son of Darius, famous for crossing the Hellespont (6) |
| CYRUSTHEGREAT | King of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire who died in 529 BC (5,3,5) |
| PERSIA | Old name of a Gulf region, once the centre of the Achaemenid empire (6) |
| ALFRED | ___ the Great, King of England 871-899 A.D. (6) |
| CALIPH | A successor of Muhammad as a ruler of the Islamic world |
| DESPOT | Posted out a ruler of the imperious measure (6) |
| SEAGOD | Magistrate's about to arrest a ruler of the waves |
| PERSEPOLIS | Which city was the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty and the si |
| NIMROD | Old Testament character, a ruler of Shinar and mighty hunter (6) |
| SHAH | Title of Iranian kings including the Achaemenid dynasty which unified Persia (4) |
| ALEXANDER | ___ the Great, king of Macedon tutored by the philosopher Aristotle until the age of 16 |
| CYRUS | ? the Great, King of Persia from 559-530 BC (5) |
| INCA | A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family). |
| HEROD | ___ the Great, king of Judaea 37-4 B.C. (5) |
| SANSSOUCI | Name of the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam |
| IRAN | Base of the Achaemenid Empire, nowadays |
| PERUKES | Rugs from western part of Persia and instruments from Hawaii (7) |
| RURALDEAN | Member of the clergy and a ruler abroad (5,4) |
| ECCLESIARCH | A ruler of the Church |
