Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph
A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Indonesia and in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire
A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)|sultan (chicken)]]
Literally "Holder of Power"' a mortal Islamic king who does not claim to be a caliph; among Cainites; a generic term for the preeminent vampire in a city or other large domain (equivalent to a European prince)
the sultana bird or (African) purple swamphen, purple moorhen or purple gallinule, officially named (in Latin) porphyrio porphyrio, a bird species of the rallidae family
A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; officially so called
Title of the Almoravid, Hafsid, and Ottoman overlords of Libya Considered the ultimate secular title for a Muslim ruler
A sultan is a ruler in some Muslim countries. during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid. a ruler in some Muslim countries