sultan
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Sensing opportunity, Mehmed II, the Ottoman sultan, arrived at the walls of Constantinople on April 5.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
British troops had been sent there, along with the French, to defend the Ottoman sultan from the predations of Russian Czar Nicholas I.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Hanna presented herself as a wealthy, illegitimate daughter of the sultan of Brunei, initially showering Hornigold, his then-partner Heather Kaniuk and his friends with lavish gifts, from cars to homes.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The sultan announced the engagement in October of Mateen and Anisha, who is the granddaughter of the ruler’s special advisor.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
I will use a flower petal for paper, And write you the sweetest letter, You are the sultan of my heart, the sultan of my heart.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The heads of Malaysia's nine royal families, sultans of nine of its 13 states, take turns to be king for a five-year term.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023
Once the result is announced, the ballot papers are destroyed in the presence of the sultans.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023
Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, director of the German Marshall Fund in Ankara, said the relationship’s dual nature dates back to the sultans and czars.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Over the next century, successive Ottoman sultans ruled less frequently from constantly moving military encampments—as had been their practice—and took up longer periods of residence at the new palace, later given the name Topkapi.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
One summer day, I used one of Ali’s kitchen knives to carve our names on it: “Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul.”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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