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
She presented herself as a wealthy, illegitimate daughter of the sultan of Brunei, initially showering Mr Hornigold, his then-partner Heather Kaniuk and his friends with lavish gifts, from cars to homes.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
Beneath a crisply tailored jacket unfolded a spectacle of billowing white printed sultan pants.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Tío Yehuda replies, “We have heard that the Turkish sultan has promised to accept Jews and treat them well. We want to leave for Constantinople as soon as we can.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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
Malaysia also has laws prohibiting insults against its sultans, who play a largely ceremonial role.
From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 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
During that time, there were ten sultans, only one of whom died from natural causes.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Hugh's family was hobnobbing with chiefs and sultans while I ate hush puppies at the Sanitary Fish Market in Morehead City, a beach towel wrapped like a hijab around my head.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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