Sultan facts for kids
Sultan is a name for Islamic rulers. There is no specific word for a sultan's wife.
The word sultan was from Arabic language. It means "strength", "authority", or "rulership". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain Muslim rulers who claimed full sovereignty. They did not have to take orders from any higher monarch, without claiming the overall caliphate.
The dynasty and lands ruled by the Sultan is called a sultanate. During the 20th century several Sultans changed their title to "Malik" which means "king".
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H.M. Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, from the Al Said dynasty, ruled Oman for nearly 50 years.
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Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco.
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19th century map of central Somaliland showing the territory of Sultan Nur of the Habr Yunis
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Sultan of Adal and his forces (right) battling the Abyssinian King and his men (Le Livre des Merveilles, 15th century).
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The Sultan of Zanzibar, Khalid ibn Barghash (1874-1927), who was deposed by the British Empire in 1896 in German East Africa (between 1906 and 1918, Bundesarchiv)
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Hamengkubuwono X, the incumbent Sultan of Yogyakarta
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Sultan Saifuddin of Tidore
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Mohammed Mahakuttah Abdullah Kiram, last recognised Sultan of Sulu
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The Valide Sultan (Sultana mother) of the Ottoman Empire
