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What is a sultan?

What is a sultan? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Originally, a secular office, formally subordinate to -, but de facto the power behind the throne of the (theoretically universal) caliph.
  2. 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.
  3. (card game) A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards.
  4. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken)
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The sultan escorted the Oxford-educated prince wearing a gold crown and a kris dagger tucked into his sash to a golden chair on the dais.
In 1533 the Dermoyen tapestry firm dispatched a team of weavers and merchants to Istanbul to design tapestries for the sultan.
In fact, when the Russians left the country in 1834, the czar and the sultan chose the hospodars themselves.
Elizabeth's dog, which had been bred in Turkey, was a gift from the sultan of that country.
Oman is a sultanate with a sultan as the head of state and head of government.
He was compelled to start negotiations, make peace, and suffer the humiliation of becoming vassal to the Turkish sultan.

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