sultan
noble title with several historical meanings
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Summary
sultan is a noble title[1]. sultan ranks in the top 1% of noble title entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,102 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
- Instance of: honorific[4], position[5]
- Subclass of: sovereign[6]
- Commons category: Sultans[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sultans[8]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9], Otto's encyclopedia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], History of Song[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox sultan[15]
- Different from: Sultan[16], Soldán[17]
- Organization directed by the office or position: sultanate[18]
- Female form of label: Sultanin[19], Σουλτάνα[20], sultane[21], sultanino[22], sultanka[23], سلطانة[24]
- Male form of label: sultan[25], سلطان[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
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Influence
Things named for sultan include sultanism[28], a form of government[29] and Bass Sultan Hengzt[30], a rapper[31], b. 1981[32], of Germany[33].
Why It Matters
sultan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] sultan is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for sultan include sultanism[28], a form of government[29] and Bass Sultan Hengzt[30], a rapper[31], b. 1981[32], of Germany[33].