While we are focused more on meanings than hints in this story, sometimes learning that many of the words have completely unrelated meanings is a clue in and of itself. Connections frequently includes clues that involve words within words and other visual clues. A religious successor to the Prophet Muhammad. An ancient Eurasian ruler.
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