Stephen Kinzer

Sultan Mehmet had good relations with the Medici family and other powerful Italian clans, especially in Venice and Florence, and at his request, they sent him artists and craftsmen by the dozen.

American Author

Jay Inslee

The need to help spread democracy and the ability to do that will be much greater if we break this addiction to oil, which gives the oil princes and sultans the power in the Mideast.

American Politician

Turks have long admired the sultan, Mehmet II, for his military triumphs, especially his capture of Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, in 1453.

Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be made.

Sultan Beyazid considered his father's art collection decadent and ordered it sold at auction.

George Groves

I don't want to have lunch with a sultan. I would rather watch Netflix.

British Athlete

Sultan is often associated with historical Islamic leadership and governance.

Islamic Leadership

Addressing a sultan, use respectful titles like 'His Majesty' before their name.

Respectful Address

The title 'sultan' can carry cultural importance in Muslim-majority countries, conveying traditions and heritage.

Cultural Significance

In botany, 'sultan' refers to specific flowers and is not related to leadership.

Botanical Name

The sultan plant is popular in decorative gardening due to its vibrant colors.

Decorative Use

Using 'sultan' in a flower context implies no relation to the regal or ruling connotation of the word.

Floral Associations

 Though heavily damaged, its grandeur was not lost on the young sultan who immediately rededicated it to Allah, proclaiming that it would be the new imperial mosque. The four minarets built over the next century are the most obvious sign of this era, serving as architectural supports in addition to their religious purpose.

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 incredible taking pictures of the toothpaste and the toothbrushes but I kept thinking if Trump were on that continuum and there was a picture of his gold-plated toilets the world would see that he has more in common with the Sultan of Brunei than he does with anyone else all right okay here's a list

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 using their sharp horns you know colleen a dagger that people would use i have seen not i can't remember what countries but i think it could be the immense where either the sultans or the kings would carry daggers in the very special shift now those daggers are always big and

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 often improvising. With each new person in the story, the meddah would change his voice, impersonating that character. Everybody could go and listen, you know -- ordinary people, even the sultan, Muslims and non-Muslims. Stories cut across all boundaries,

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 while as a woman, societal restrictions  prevented her from participating in many of the events a sultan would typically attend. To increase her visibility and solidify her claim to the throne, she constructed a public mausoleum for her husband,

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 over what people can and cannot do with information has more effect than ever on the exercise of power in our physical world. After all, even the leader of the free world needs a little help from the sultan of Facebookistan

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 two million dollars but the world project is a long way off it will take five years to create the islands and another two before there are houses on them sultan bin salam knows its Dubai's biggest undertaking i felt worried

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 and other buildings commissioned by the sultans. Through Istanbul, the Otttomans brought commodities like coffee to Europe. They entered a golden age of economic growth, territorial acquisition, art and architecture.

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 But the real story starts when you wrap it around a book and put it on the shelf. Ahh! We come upon them, the clandestine lovers. Let's draw them out. Huhh! They've been discovered by the sultan.

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 it's funny because um if sultan doesn't hold on to um this girl here apparently she will