| AKBAR | Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605, ... the Great |
| BORISGODUNOV | Tsar from 1598 to 1605, the end of whose reign saw Russia descend into the Time of Troubles |
| AGRA | Capital of the Mughal emperors from 1526 to 1658 (4) |
| AKBARTHEGREAT | Mughal emperor, 1556-1605 |
| KASHMIR | Disputed region of the Indian subcontinent where the Mughal emperor Jahangir built the Shalimar Gar |
| TAJ | Agra monument commissioned by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan; the ... Mahal |
| SHAH | He built the Taj Mahal as a memorial to his dead wife, Mughal emperor ... Jahan |
| THRONE | Jewelled seat of the Mughal emperors, studded with the Koh-i-Noor diamond and other precious items, looted in 1739 by the Persians (7,6) |
| PEACOCK | Jewelled seat of the Mughal emperors, studded with the Koh-i-Noor diamond and other precious items, looted in 1739 by the Persians (7,6) |
| JAHAN | Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal (4,5) |
| ANNE | _ Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, born in 1556 (4) |
| HATHAWAY | Anne, the wife of William Shakespeare, born in 1556 (8) |
| NURMAHAL | Wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir from 1611 until his death in 1627 (3,5) |
| HERESY | Thomas Cranmer was convicted of this and burned at the stake in 1556 (6) |
| TAJMAHAL | Mausoleum created by a Mughal emperor in Agra in India (3,5) |
| CRANMER | Protestant martyr burnt at Oxford in 1556 |
| OUNDLE | Northamptonshire public school founded by Sir William Laxton in 1556 (6) |
| FORT | Red ___ in Agra, main residence of the Mughal emperors (4) |
| JAHANGIR | Early 17th-century Mughal emperor, whose name may be translated as "world seizer" (8) |
| BABAR | Mughal emperor |
