Dried fruit as seen by eastern ruler (8)
I believe the answer is:
sultanas
'dried fruit' is the definition.
'sultanas' can be an answer for 'fruit' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'dried' bit.
'as seen by eastern ruler' is the wordplay.
'seen by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'eastern ruler' becomes 'sultan' (title for a royal in some Muslim countries).
'as' put after 'sultan' is 'SULTANAS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sultanas that I've seen before include "Dried fruit - female relatives of a Muslim ruler" , "concubines" , "Currants" , "Dried seedless grapes" .)