Talk:Sultan

Map?

Hi. Perhaps, if someone knows how to they could create a map of the world with countries that are sultanates colored in? There are similar maps showing republics - And monarchies - ). Thanks. Vis-a-visconti (talk) 21:31, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Basically, a Sultanate is a monarch. Thus that monarchy map also shows Sultanates around the world. Monarchs can contain Kingdoms, Empires, Caliphates, and Sultanates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.254.90.124 (talk) 03:40, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Apparently English not being the editor's first language, let's clean that statement up a bit - basically, a sultanate is a form of monarchy. A monarchy can be a kingdom, an empire, etc., if it is determined by dynastic principles. Sparta was a "kingdom" of two kings - but they were elected/appointed by a select group, and shouldn't be referred to as a monarchy.50.111.61.157 (talk) 19:24, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Plural

What is the (Standard) Arabic plural of Sultan? It's a broken plural, I suppose, like سلاطين sulāṭīn or such? Maybe someone who knows the language better than me could look it up (and add it to the article). --Thogo (Talk) 12:53, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Archiving needed

Could someone who knows how to do some archiving in this TP please? Thanks. --E4024 (talk) 20:21, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Add a voice pronunciation for Sultan

Hello,

Please some one add a voice pronunciation for Sultan because it is hard for other people to know how it pronounced without knowing the pronunciation symbols. Komchi^✉_☆ 15:21, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, I appreciate it Courtney page (talk) 19:43, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

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"Former sultans and sultanates" section

This section needs some reconsideration. Leaving aside the fact that it's completely unsourced and could be easily full of original research, I also don't think it's helpful or reasonable to aim for a list of all former sultanates, as this simply balloons into a long list of former Muslim states without really adding anything to the understanding of the "sultan" title. I'm not sure if there is a high-quality article on a similar topic we could usefully compare to, but so far I don't think you'll find a list like this in other articles about royal titles. If such a list is really needed, it would be better dealt with as either a list page or simply a category for existing pages. Plus, it may be obvious that some heads of state used the term "sultan", but other older dynasties may have gone by different titles even though modern authors refer to them as "sultans" out of convenience; which is another way the list can get long without being very meaningful.
Some thoughts from others would be appreciated. Should the section be removed? Left alone? Cleaned-up? Tagged? Moved to a list page (albeit unsourced)? Cheers, R Prazeres (talk) 17:13, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

In fiction

Should we include a section for fictional Sultans? For example, Sultan in Stronghold Crusader video game franchise, and Sultan in Aladdin (1992 film). Aminabzz (talk) 14:57, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

I think that, in the spirit of existing policies (like WP:NOTABILITY, WP:WEIGHT, WP:RS, etc), that would only be warranted if there was something special in the way the title "sultan" is being used in some fiction and if this aspect is discussed clearly in reliable sources. So the mere fact that that there are characters that are sultans, or have "sultan" in their name, isn't notable on its own (just like for other well-known titles like "king", "queen", etc). R Prazeres (talk) 16:13, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

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