sulṭān

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Title for a ruler

Names

  • Armenian: սօլթան = sōltʻan 1
  • Armenian: սուլտան = sultan 2
  • Hebrew: שולטון = ŚWLṬWN 3
  • Hebrew: סלטאן = SLṬʾN 4
  • Latin: Soldanus 5
  • Persian: سلطان = Sulṭān 6

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Karapet.1 1473147314731958
Event mentioned by Sargis.2 1306130613061950
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela3-4 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion5 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw6 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1958), nos. 445a, b II: p. 351 [Armenian].
    • sōlt‘an: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1473 (no. 9) [English].
  • 2L. S. Khach‘ikyan, ed., XIV Dari Hayeren Dzeṛagreri Hishatakaranner (Yerevan: Haykakan S. S. Ṛ. Gitut‘yunneri Akademiayi Hratarakch‘ut‘yun, 1950), no. 56 p. 42 [Armenian].
    • sultan: Avedis K. Sanjian, Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts, 1301-1480: A Source for Middle Eastern History (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969), 1306 (no. 3) [English].
  • 3Sultan: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 23 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 4Sultan: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 75, 96 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 5Soldanus: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IV 5, VII 42. 53, IX 10 bis. 11, XIII 7. [Latin].
  • 6sultan: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 17, 40, 43, 45 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “sulṭān” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/84.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; matching, Armenian collection/transliteration from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts; matching, Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • McKenzie Cady: citation generation from Sanjian's Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts
  • Liran Yadgar: Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Margaret Gaida: disambiguation from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Mary Papadopoulos: categorization, matching and Persian collection/transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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