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sultan

Noble title with several historical meanings

Entitynoble title honorific positionQ43292

Instance of: noble title
, honorific
, position
Subclass of: sovereign

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Sultan is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun سلطة sulṭah, meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who claimed almost full sovereignty without claiming the overall caliphate, or to refer to a powerful governor of a province within the caliphate. The adjectival form of the word is "sultanic", and the state and territories ruled by a sultan, as well as his office, are referred to as a sultanate.

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Female form of label: Sultanin
Σουλτάνα
sultane
sultanino
sultanka
سلطانة
سلطانة
Different from: Sultan criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Sultan
Soldán criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: soldán
Religion or worldview: Islam
Male form of label: sultan
sultan
Sultan
سلطان
سلطان
Organization directed by the office or position: sultanate

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