Sentence examples for effective ruler from inspiring English sources

Aybak, however, was the effective ruler.

Harold might have proved an effective ruler, but the forces against him were too strong.

Canute proved an effective ruler who brought internal peace and prosperity to the land.

Nissankamalla (reigned c. 1186 96) was the last effective ruler of this period.

This much seems clear: Crown Prince Abdullah, the country's effective ruler, has been trying to rein in profligate princes.

After the fall (408) of Honorius's general Stilicho, the effective ruler of the Western empire, Constantine threatened to invade Italy.

After his death (1749) they became the effective rulers.

From that time until 62, Burrus and Seneca were the effective rulers of the empire.

Within a few years, 250 company clerks backed by the military force of 20,000 locally recruited Indian soldiers had become the effective rulers of Bengal.

The Jats and the Rajputs, who had emerged as effective rulers of a sizable part of northern India, preferred to stay neutral.

In return, the Buginese were put in control of a specially created office of under-king, a post that made them effective rulers of Johore.