: a king or sovereign especially of a Muslim state
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Rather, throughout the 50 years of Sultan Qaboos’s reign, there was an effort to keep Omani culture intact, while modernizing to have the best of things (including, in Muscat, a dazzling opera house, a passion project for the music-loving sultan).
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Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Some secular nationalists even went as far as to claim that Ottoman sultans such as Mehmet the Conqueror had invented religious tolerance and helped inspire the European Renaissance.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
This mosque also holds the tombs of the commissioning sultan, his wife Haseki Hürrem, and Mimar Sinan himself.
Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque
The Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque is an example of how versatile Mimar Sinan was as an architect.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Some secular nationalists even went as far as to claim that Ottoman sultans such as Mehmet the Conqueror had invented religious tolerance and helped inspire the European Renaissance.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
This mosque also holds the tombs of the commissioning sultan, his wife Haseki Hürrem, and Mimar Sinan himself.
Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque
The Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque is an example of how versatile Mimar Sinan was as an architect.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sultan
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“Sultan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sultan. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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sultan
noun
sul·tan
ˈsəlt-ᵊn 
: a king or ruler especially of a Muslim state
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