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Noun
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The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
12 Dec. 2024 -
The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.—
Ashlyn Messier,
Fox News,
29 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Saudi state media described the talks as happening at the prince's direction.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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The crown prince lives in exile until this day, unable to return to his home country of Iran.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
19 Feb. 2025
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It was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife and later became his own resting place, as well.—
Morgan Goldberg,
Architectural Digest,
25 Feb. 2025
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In a final act of capitulation, the seven-year-old Song emperor, Zhao Bing, drowned himself to evade capture by the Mongol navy.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Kuwait Gains Independence With the Anglo-Kuwait agreement of 1899, the United Kingdom ends its protectorate and Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah becomes Kuwait's emir.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Dec. 2015
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While President Biden, President-elect Trump, and Qatar’s emir announced Wednesday that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed beginning the internal Israeli process of approving the deal.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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Yet despite his misgivings, Mr. Carter granted the shah’s request.—
Peter Baker,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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Some critics, including Kissinger, believe that Carter’s human rights policy undermined the shah.—
Stuart E. Eisenstat,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2024
Noun
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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.—
Rajan Menon,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2011
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The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.—
Christian Schneider,
National Review,
21 Dec. 2023
Noun
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His successor, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada, whose son became a suicide bomber, is an austere cleric who has adopted the reclusive mystique of the original amir.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Aug. 2022
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The amir of Kabul bought bicycles for his entire harem.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
17 June 2020
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The industry legend and king of deadpan humor accidentally crashed Jessica Williams’s big moment at the SAG Awards, and their interaction about it was just delightful.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
24 Feb. 2025
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The accommodations here range from king and double oceanfront rooms to the incredible ocean suites.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Khedive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/khedive. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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