| During this period, the British government was mainly interested in containing Indian nationalism and affirming British suzerainty. |
| The collaborative culture that formerly governed that, albeit tinged with Anglo-Australian self-interest and suzerainty, has broken down. |
| A war seemed inevitable between the two Hindu monarchs when Pulakesin averted it by promising to hold his half of Sourashtra under the suzerainty of Yasodharman. |
| Commentators at the time wondered why Zog had not accepted Italian suzerainty and kept his throne. |
| Cyrus's Achaemenian dynasty also allowed local kings and nobles to govern their original realms, albeit under Persian suzerainty. |
| Henry reasserted and extended previous suzerainties to secure possession of his inherited realm. |
