Sentence examples for become sultan from inspiring English sources

Fearing the wrath of the sultan, Ibn Baṭṭūṭah chose to go to the Maldive Islands, where he spent nearly two years; as a qadi, he was soon active in politics, married into the ruling family, and apparently even aspired to become sultan.

Hürrem was aware that should Mustafa become Sultan her own children would be strangled.

Between 1428 to 1433, Gaza was ruled by Sayf ad-Din Inal, who would later become sultan in 1453.

Meanwhile, Jafar attempts to mind control the Sultan into arranging a marriage between himself and Jasmine in order to become Sultan himself.

Upon the death of Baybars in 1277, Qalāʾūn quickly deposed and exiled two of Baybars' sons who had briefly succeeded to the sultanate, and in 1279 Qalāʾūn himself became sultan of Egypt.

Sultan Ali's successor was Hamad bin Thuwaini, who became sultan in 1893.

Khalīfa ibn Harūb became sultan in 1911.

When Murad II became sultan, in 1421, the days of Constantinople and of Hellenism were numbered.

Salahuddin became sultan of Selangor in 1961 after his father died as king.

In 1413 Mehmed I, helped and promoted by the emperor Manuel, triumphed over his rivals and became sultan of the reintegrated Ottoman Empire.

The logic seems to be that each prince needed a mother of his own in his corner: for a century and a half, whichever prince became sultan would kill all the other princes.