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Noor Inayat Khan, codenamed Madeleine during her service with the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) was the great-great-granddaughter of an Indian sultan.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Sultanate: Supreme power rests in the hands of a sultan.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The sultans and their successors have been replaced—first by the British East India Company, which ruled over Gujarat for nearly 50 years, and then, in the wake of the 1857 Indian Uprising, by the British government.
—Radha Vatsal
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
The Turkish president appears to see himself as a modern-day sultan, the rightful heir to Sunni leadership.
—Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2018
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Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Sultanate: Supreme power rests in the hands of a sultan.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The sultans and their successors have been replaced—first by the British East India Company, which ruled over Gujarat for nearly 50 years, and then, in the wake of the 1857 Indian Uprising, by the British government.
—Radha Vatsal
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
The Turkish president appears to see himself as a modern-day sultan, the rightful heir to Sunni leadership.
—Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultan
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Rob Shuter’s #ShuterScoop reported from a source close to William that the prince only found out the meeting was taking place just before the king headed to Clarence House.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Sep. 2025
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Prince Harry and his father, King Charles III, have reunited amid the royal family's estrangement from the outspoken prince.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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What will Bayta do with a young emperor?—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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The president also spoke to the emir and prime minister of Qatar and thanked them for their support and friendship to our country.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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In a separate social media post this afternoon, Trump thanked the emir of Qatar.—
Chelsea Chan,
NBC news,
24 June 2025
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The day will end with a state banquet, during which both the king and president will make speeches.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nearby lies a king-sized bed, which is the only sleeping area.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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The shah was admitted to the United States on October 22.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Anderson’s account of the shah in the 1970s is a familiar story of an Icarus-like figure felled by his own hubris.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
5 Aug. 2025
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Fans will know that one big casting announcement looms large as the otherworldly princess of space Rosalina will be integral to a movie based on Galaxy.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Based on a video shared by Hello Magazine, the princess took a few seconds to simply gather her hair into a low ponytail and tie it into a knot.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
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His most important client, during a fifty-year career, was an empress, but tsarinas, society mavens, actresses, and courtesans all came to rely on his expertise.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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There is only one queen at a time and should two reign, they are considered mother-daughter empresses.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting with the prime minister on the afternoon of the Jewish sabbath—a violation of Israeli protocol rudely designed to remind Netanyahu who was the vassal and who was the suzerain.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
26 Aug. 2022
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“Sultan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultan. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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