Scot embraces Hindu Queen of Persia (7)
I believe the answer is:
iranian
'persia' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'scot embraces hindu queen' is the wordplay.
'scot' becomes 'ian' (Scottish given name).
'embraces' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hindu queen' becomes 'rani' (historical term for a Hindu queen).
'ian' going around 'rani' is 'IRANIAN'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for iranian that I've seen before include "foreigner" , "Modern Persian language" , "Foreign national" , "Eg, native of Teheran" , "From Tehran, perhaps?" .)