(n.) A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.
Example Sentences:
(1) Crown prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz said yesterday that the state had "spared no effort" to avoid such disasters but added that "it cannot stop what God has preordained.
(2) His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi The Crown Prince is a leading champion in the Middle East for improving child health.
(3) An adviser to the Sultan of Aïr, the town’s ceremonial leader , sighs.
(4) The U266, ARH-77, IM-9, and HS-Sultan cell lines strongly expressed beta 1 and alpha 4 integrins (89% to 98% positive), confirming that VLA-4 is the principal integrin on these cell lines.
(5) The 15-page speech on "the limits of law" was delivered by Sumption – once one of Britain's highest-earning barristers – at the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Lecture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last week.
(6) The house, which once belonged to Prince Jefri Bolkiah, the playboy younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei, boasts a ballroom with elaborate panelled walls edged with 24-carat gold leaf.
(7) There is other evidence of a rethink in the replacement of the Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, with Prince Mohamed bin Nayef, the interior minister and architect of a successful campaign against al-Qaida.
(8) The author describes how nurse education has developed in the Sultanate and how, in spite of the influence and values of Western countries, the importance of the indigenous culture is not ignored.
(9) Both the Sultan and Cochin breeds were shown to possess two shank-feathering loci, and the data suggested that one of the loci in the Sultan contained the Pti-1L allele.
(10) Until recently multiply drug-resistant Salmonella typhi was uncommon in the Sultanate of Oman.
(11) He certainly seems to have exploited his firman or licence from the Sultan to remove "stones with inscriptions and figures" from the building with an enthusiasm that did not escape the critical notice of contemporary observers .
(12) In the National Neurosurgical Centre in the Sultanate of Oman, four patients with cranio-facial actinomycosis were seen over a 5-year period.
(13) But the risks of staying here are higher than leaving," Sultan, 28, told Guardian Australia.
(14) "The king is the umbrella to the people and the people are the pillars of the king," Sultan Abdul Halim said in comments issued through the national news agency, Bernama.
(15) Part of the problem is uncertainty about who has been in charge since the interior minister, Prince Naif, took over the Yemen "file" from the ailing Crown Prince Sultan.
(16) How to settle vexed land disputes over "ancestral domain", how to decide exactly which areas or "sultanates" will be included in the Bangsamoro, and how best to manage and share Mindanao's significant energy and mineral resources are all issues the peace process is addressing but is unlikely fully to resolve.
(17) The move could indicate the sultan is becoming more conservative as he ages, said Joseph Chinyong Liow, a Singapore-based professor of Muslim politics.
(18) Ugur Bilgin, culture secretary of the Alevi Pir Sultan Abdal cultural association, pointed to a persecution of the Alevi religious minority by the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP).
(19) The barracks were the site of a 1909 attempt by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II to stop the liberal reforms that eventually led to Ataturk's modern republic.
(20) The Filipinos who landed in Lahad Datu, a short boat ride from the southern Philippines, insisted Sabah had belonged to their royal sultanate for more than a century.
Sultana
Definition:
(n.) The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.
(n.) A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A composite handout of CCTV pictures from the Metropolitan police showing British teenagers (L-R) Kadiza Sultana, Amira Abase and Shamima Begum passing through security barriers at Gatwick Airport en route to Syria.
(2) Shamima Begum, 15, Amira Abase, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, left their homes in east London last month to join the extremist group.
(3) Shortly before her death, Sultana is said to have called home and expressed feeling fear and a desire to return.
(4) Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, fled in February from Britain after deceiving their parents and siblings.
(5) There would be really fresh salads and brochettes (kebabs) for lunch, and lavish spreads in the evening, featuring lentil and bean dishes, lamb and apricot tagine, and relishes including a particularly delicious sultana chutney.
(6) Don’t miss the Rumi Sultana palace, the smallest but most-elegant structure in the complex, and the secret stone safes in the corner of the Treasury, which also houses a museum opened just last year.
(7) The Met statement did appear to show some contrition stating: “With the benefit of hindsight, we acknowledge that the letters could have been delivered direct to the parents.” The disappearance of the 15-year-old girl in December led to a counter-terrorism investigation that saw Begum, Sultana and Abase identified as friends of the missing girl and being spoken to by detectives.
(8) Sultana did not get the chance to return to her family, learn from her decisions, or spread that message to others.
(9) He claimed Britain would be partly responsible if authorities failed to find Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15.
(10) One of the things that [Islamic State] has been incredibly successful at has been using the internet and social networking spaces for their own propaganda.” Police are urgently trying to trace Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, after they flew to Istanbul from Gatwick airport on Tuesday.
(11) On Tuesday, the Metropolitan police said it believed that Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, had entered Syria despite the tearful appeals of their families.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The principal of Bethnal Green academy says there is no evidence that the three girls were radicalised at school In the first statement by the school since it emerged that Amira Abase, 15, Shamina Begum, 15 and Kadiza Sultana, 16, had flown from Gatwick to Istanbul in Turkey, from where they are believed to be heading towards Isis-held territory, Keary said the east London school was “shocked and deeply saddened”.
(13) For Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase, the call of Raqqa must have seemed clear and thrillingly unambiguous.
(14) A cast of 113 young actors will take over a school in Bethnal Green – less than a mile from the academy attended by Shamima Begum, Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase – for two weeks in August.
(15) Kadiza Sultana, who left her home in Bethnal Green, east London, during the half-term break in February 2015 with friends Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, is reported to have died in the terror group’s stronghold of Raqqa in May this year.
(16) While her husband, Timothy West, talked quietly and sadly of how she would repeat the same question to acquaintances when they went out, or forget ingredients when she was cooking, Scales rebutted him, offering to fetch the sultanas from the kitchen immediately, should he need proof she knew their location.
(17) With just days to go before the vote Balzan, the founder of the English-language newspaper Malta Today, and the two other faces of the pro-ban campaign – Mark Sultana, a charismatic spokesman, and Moira Delia, a television presenter – head to the nearby island of Gozo to record a final appeal for votes to be shown on public television.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Images of women seldom appear in Isis propaganda, reflecting their restricted function in the state.’ From left, Kadiza Sultana, Shamima Begum and Amira Abase going through security at Gatwick airport.
(19) Although Sultana was not educated by Isis, this is the role that she is likely to have played in the “caliphate”.
(20) Makes 12 squares 2 Earl Grey teabags 500ml boiling water 400g gluten-free white bread 150g thick-cut marmalade ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 2 eggs 350g sultanas 25g dairy-free margarine 2 tbsp golden syrup 1 Pour the boiling water over the teabags in a measuring jug.