sultan
suhl tuhn
- n the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
- How a Javanese Sultan Became a Hero of Democracy By JOHN COLMEY Yogyakarta He is the 10th sultan in the tradition of the rulers of Mataram, the once-proud kingdom of Java.
- One 17th-century sultan, aptly called Ibrahim the Mad, became so bored that he spent much of his time tossing gold coins to the fish in the Bosporus alongside the Topkapi Palace.
- How a Javanese Sultan Became a Hero of Democracy By JOHN COLMEY Yogyakarta He is the 10th sultan in the tradition of the rulers of Mataram, the once-proud kingdom of Java.