Sentence examples for as chieftain from inspiring English sources

Rai Singh, who succeeded as chieftain of Bikaner in 1571 and ruled until 1612, became one of the emperor Akbar's most-distinguished generals and was named the first raja of Bikaner.

Married for a second time, to a Scottish landowner, she plodded around his acres in green wellies, attended agricultural shows, fished for salmon and trout, officiated as chieftain at the Highland games, and listened to the sermons preached in the Church of Scotland.

Their ancestors came from the south and established themselves as chieftains in southwestern Bengal early in the 11th century.

Most of the sagas of Icelanders, however, are concerned with people who are fully integrated members of society, either as ordinary farmers or as farmers who also act as chieftains.

They are known to have existed as chieftains from the mid-10th century when they distinguished themselves as subordinates of the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani.

According to him, the complete absence of any inscriptional reference of their family connections to Ayodhya, and their subsequent Kannadiga identity may have been due to their earlier migration into present day Karnataka region where they achieved success as chieftains and kings.

In low-income (LI) areas, some residents achieve higher incomes as chieftains, landlords, or agents – especially those who erect structures in informal settlements – and local power dynamics keep these entrepreneurs in communities that they could otherwise afford to leave.

Still, "at four...long before my fall into the bitter sophistication which allows us to disdain the figures who make our doubting--our very thinking--possible, I regarded Uncle Admiral as a chieftain and Mankind as the family we both belonged to.

Sullivan and Burnand were soon commissioned by Thomas German Reed for a two-act opera, The Contrabandista (1867; revised and expanded as The Chieftain in 1894), but it did not do as well.

Even at this time, Temüjin was only a minor chieftain, as is shown by the next important event narrated by the Secret History, a brawl at a feast, provoked by his nominal allies the Jürkin princes, whom he later massacred.

Howard Golden knew that power, having ruled as party chieftain and borough president.