sultanship

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sultanship

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From sultan + -ship.

noun sultanships

countable, uncountable The office or status of a sultan. In essence, he moved the symbolism of the sultanship from an emirate or caliphal base to a national base. Various Muslim circles and conferences outside Nigeria came to regard him as the chief spokesman for Nigerian Muslims.
Similar: sultanate

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@misc{sultanship_2026,
  title = {sultanship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sultanship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}