Moukni, Bey of Fezzan, who is called sultan by his subjects. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
They loved mall, and to play before the sultan was a special honor. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The palace of the sultan was the scene of incessant assassinations. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power] Reference
The enemy, as the resident termed the sultan's party, made no move for a couple of days, during which all went on as usual. From Wordnik.com. [Middy and Ensign] Reference
The favorite wife of the sultan was a daughter of the Greek emperor, who at the time of the traveler's visit was preparing to set out for. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
The sultan is a well-informed and courtly gentleman, with a polish of mind and manners we were quite unprepared to find hidden away in the heart of Java. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
French; but the sultan is the source of all law, civil and military; he is the summit, while the municipal institutions are the base, of the political fabric. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It was fortunate that the sultan was a good man, and was present at the time it occurred, else a serious row might have been the consequence of this mischievous trick. From Wordnik.com. [What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile] Reference
"One of the things we highly value with the relationship with the sultan is the fact that he is widely regarded as an honest broker in the region," said the defense official. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
The Brunei sultan is shocked!. From Wordnik.com. [The Tail Section » Two New Characters Added for Season 5] Reference
Do you see yourself in the role of a "sultan," as some supporters, but also critics, describe you?. From Wordnik.com. [Free Internet Press] Reference
The indignant old sultan came aboard and spoke his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
Inside the compound I met the sultan, Fareed bin Babaker. From Wordnik.com. [Shabwa: Blood feuds and hospitality in al-Qaida's Yemen outpost] Reference
BLAIR: At one point Bob Hope is in full sultan-esque attire. From Wordnik.com. ['Sex And The City' Cast Abu Dhabi As The City? Really?] Reference
Chapter II, to the inadequacy of the Lahej sultan on that occasion, yet. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
He appears in the character of a vizier or a sultan in the Arabian Nights. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Then he goes to the sultan himself and incidentally leaves in his possession. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
The old sultan did not rule out oil exploration, and eventually he encouraged it. From Wordnik.com. [Sultans of Slow] Reference
That territory now belongs to the dey of Tunis, a vassal prince of the Turkish sultan. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
SHANNON MARKETIC FLEW TO BRUNEI last year to do some "" promotional '' work for the sultan. From Wordnik.com. [The Sultan Of Smut?] Reference
The authorities dared not leave their pet sultan in the lurch -- questions might be asked in the. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
Therefore Aden rebuked him (by letter) and appointed a relative of his to be sultan and receive his subsidy. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
And Oman, though ruled by a modernizing sultan, has been slow to embrace the new turbocharged business climate. From Wordnik.com. [Rising Gulf] Reference
Roosevelt sent the bluntest possible warning to the sultan in Tangiers: we want Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead. From Wordnik.com. [Intimate Strangers] Reference
The sultan became so curious and apprehensive about his rear that he almost let the King of France get up the ladder. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
The prince, who is now estranged from the sultan, said last week: "I do not seek a fight and prefer to be left alone.". From Wordnik.com. [Settling Up] Reference
Aden had just cause of offence against a certain reigning sultan of the Abd-ul-Wahid in her eastern sphere of influence. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
Then the reigning sultan unfurled the flag of the Prophet and called upon the faithful to suppress the rebellious corps. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Local governors and tax collectors had too much power and the sultan was too remote and disinterested or too weak and ineffective. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
A few years later, the old sultan was out, the new one in and Oman was on its way to join the modern world, but slowly, ever so slowly. From Wordnik.com. [Sultans of Slow] Reference
As Marketic's suit winds its way through the U.S. courts, the sultan plans to hide in a different way: he's pleading diplomatic immunity. From Wordnik.com. [The Sultan Of Smut?] Reference
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