sultan
ਸੁਲਤਾਨ
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Balian did in fact play a crucial role as a Crusader noble in the events surrounding the fall of Jerusalem in 1187 to the Muslim sultan Saladin.
a Muslim sovereign.
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Zanzibar received its independence from the United Kingdom on December 19, 1963, as a constitutional monarchy under the 'sultan' .
This conflict was resolved temporarily by the Treaty of Seeb, which granted the imam autonomous rule in the interior, while recognizing the nominal sovereignty of the 'sultan' elsewhere.
Balian did in fact play a crucial role as a Crusader noble in the events surrounding the fall of Jerusalem in 1187 to the Muslim 'sultan' Saladin.
He was compelled to start negotiations, make peace and suffer the humiliation of becoming vassal to the Turkish 'sultan' .
The 'sultan' escorted the Oxford-educated prince wearing a gold crown and a kris dagger tucked into his sash to a golden chair on the dais.
Campolo told of how St. Francis of Assisi left the Christian army during the Crusades, went to the tent of a 'sultan' leading the Muslim army and tried to win him to Christ.
The architecture is inspired by a 17th century Malay 'sultan' 's palace.
For me, the central message of the book was just how little contact there was between the 'sultan' 's Muslim subjects and those of his other peoples, such as the Christians and the Jews, let alone visiting foreigners.
Elizabeth's dog, which had been bred in Turkey, was a gift from the 'sultan' of that country.
The third disc features the film Abul the Damned, a feature length thriller set in turn of the century Turkey, with Fritz Kortner playing the 'sultan' of Turkey.
For an encore he invaded India in 1398 on the pretext that the Muslim 'sultan' of Delhi was being too tolerant of his Hindu subjects.
Oman is a sultanate (a type of monarchy) with a 'sultan' as the head of state and head of government.
According to that legend, the 'sultan' who built the gorgeously white Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife constructed a black replica for himself across the river Agra.
This is a deeply moving drama in which the wise Nathan acts as a mediator between Saladin, the Muslim 'sultan' , and Conrad, an intemperate templar knight.
In many respects the government has allowed the northern 'sultanates' to apply their own laws in their dominions, and in return the leaders of these ministates lend their support to national governmental structures.
Centuries ago the Muslim 'sultans' of Gujarat prohibited the people from drinking alcohol.
By the end of the twelfth century, Muslim 'sultans' had come to ascendancy in Gujarat, marking the onset of many centuries of Islamic power in the region - and the end of the glory days of the Hindu stepwell.
In the fifteen century, Islamic 'sultans' arrived in Malay and founded the state or sultanate of Melaka (also spelled Malacca).
For many centuries, 'sultans' ruled Morocco from the ancient capitals of Fez and Marrakesh.
'Sultans' rule nine of the states, and three are ruled by governors.
An independent 'sultanate' before the Dutch takeover in the 1870s and a leader in Indonesia's independence struggle in the 1940s, Aceh was promised autonomy when Indonesia declared independence in 1945.
The Muslim settlers didn't just bring their religion and architecture, however - they also brought their political system, establishing a series of 'sultanates' in the southern Philippines.
Now, though, the Caliph was under the thumb of a new power: the Turk who ruled in the name of the Caliph took the title of 'Sultan' .
Eventually, the 'Sultan' and Jefri settled out of court.
The Dutch tried to put it together and were able to keep it together through playing 'sultans' and local princes and potentates off against one another for several centuries.
In June, the 'Sultan' had an Assassin try to murder Prince Edward.
As you can see on this map, the southern and eastern fringes of the Arabian Peninsula are ringed by a series of emirates and 'sultanates' .
Chiefs and rajas, 'sultans' and potentates succumbed to western authority with no apparent regret on the part of their subjects.
For hundreds of years into the empire, the preferred language of the 'sultans' was Persian and their courtly customs and aspirations were shaped by Iranian models.
A domino effect might also claim oil-rich 'sultanates' such as Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, taking out another 15 per cent of those reserves.
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