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sultan

DEFINITIONS OF: sultan

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n the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)

Synonyms:
grand Turk
Examples:
Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub
sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
Type of:
ruler, swayer
a person who rules or commands
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