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 certain of 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'.
'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" .)