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The couple, who per Tatler are first cousins, began their wedding festivities in the independent sultanate on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia on Jan. 8.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
The images correspond to known landmarks around Sohar, the first major city people enter in the sultanate after crossing the border from neighboring United Arab Emirates.
—Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
Once a sultanate, Ilisu features quaint stone houses and thermal springs that are said to have healing properties.
—Nell Lewis, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
In the 1950s, as Africans across the continent began agitating for independence, Zanzibar witnessed an increasingly bloody struggle for democratic rule that would put an end to a sultanate that — backed by British colonial administrators — had ruled for 100 years.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
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Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
The images correspond to known landmarks around Sohar, the first major city people enter in the sultanate after crossing the border from neighboring United Arab Emirates.
—Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
Once a sultanate, Ilisu features quaint stone houses and thermal springs that are said to have healing properties.
—Nell Lewis, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
In the 1950s, as Africans across the continent began agitating for independence, Zanzibar witnessed an increasingly bloody struggle for democratic rule that would put an end to a sultanate that — backed by British colonial administrators — had ruled for 100 years.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
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“Sultanate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultanate. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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