sultan

• It is a living and accurate picture of the early times of the Order; in it Francis's sermon before the sultan is again related. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of St. Francis of Assisi, by Paul Sabatier.
• And while the events that move the plot forward center around the sultan, his mistress, and the Persian prince, in the end, the book is really about Abulhassan himself: his hopes and fears; his study of alchemy and his growing distance from his family; his affection for the sultan, not to mention his guilt at betraying his friend and how, by doing so, he is also putting his whole family in danger. —  F ;SF - vol 103 issue 06 - December 2002
• Issues involving the people's rights, particularly constitutional rights, are never that simple, however, and the responsibility put upon the sultan was an unenviable one.
• This sultan was always in the tented-field: he would say, that he should not return to his palace until the tents were rotten. —  An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa
• That old sultan is a fiend, and I am going to get him That's been tried many times, sir, and he is still ahead of the game But after Lewis had talked rapidly for a few minutes, disclosing the plan that was slated to best his majesty, a smile broke over the weather-beaten features of the sergeant, and he slapped his thighs in appreciation Well, sir, we can try it, and if it does work, headquarters will flood you with thanks; if it fails, and I warn you it might, you will be cut into hash either by the sultan or the war department." —  The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old

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