sultan

sultan
—sultanic /sul tan"ik/, adj. —sultanlike, adj. —sultanship, n.
/sul"tn/, n.
1. the sovereign of an Islamic country.
2. (often cap.) any of the former sovereigns of Turkey.
3. any absolute ruler or despot.
[1545-55; < MF < Turk < Ar sultan sovereign]

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▪ Islamic title
Arabic  Sulṭān,  

      originally, according to the Qurʾān, moral or spiritual authority; the term later came to denote political or governmental power and from the 11th century was used as a title by Muslim sovereigns. Maḥmūd of Ghazna (reigned AD 998–1030) was the first Muslim ruler to be called sultan by his contemporaries, and under the Seljuqs of Anatolia and Iran it became a regular title. Thereafter it was frequently conferred on sovereigns by the caliph (titular head of the Muslim community) and came to be used throughout the Islāmic world.

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