- Safiye Sultan
Safiye Sultan was the wife of Ottoman Sultan Murad III and mother of Sultan Mehmed III. It is believed she was of Albanian descent. Her name "Safiye" means "the pure one". She was born about 1550, but her date of death is uncertain between 1605 and 1619. She was captured by corsairs and presented to the Ottoman harem sometimes in the 1560s, and became chief wife of the sultan after the death of her stephmother in 1574.
- Adile Sultan
Adile Sultan (عادله سلطان), daughter of Sultan Mahmud II and sister of the Sultans Abdulmecid and Abdulaziz, was an Ottoman princess, a renowned female Diwan poet and a philanthropist. She was born as daughter of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II (1785-1839) and his wife Zernigar Sultan in 1825 in Constantinople (İstanbul today). Adile Sultan lost her mother at a very young age, and was raised by Nevfidan Kadın, the chief woman in the palace.
- Haji Sultan
Haji Sultan is an alleged Taliban leader, captured on June 5 2006. Sultan was captured with another Taliban leader, Mullah Mohamed Rahim. Sultan was on a U.S. wanted list. And Afghani authorities handed him over to them. The Washington Post says he was captured on June 2 2005. Sultan is described as a bombmaker, who had led several attacks.
- Abida Sultan
Abida Sultan was the eldest daughter of Hamidullah Khan, the last "nawab" of the Bhopal state. Abida Sultan was the presumptive heiress of the Bhopal throne. However, she gave up her right to the throne and migrated to the newly formed Pakistan in 1950. In Pakistan, she joined the foreign service. Therefore, the Government of India excluded her from the succession and her younger sister Sajida succeeded her instead.
- Sultan Ismail
Almarhum Sultan Sir Ismail Al-Khalidi ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Ibrahim Al-Masyhur, was the third sultan of modern Johor in Malaysia. Born Tunku Ismail on October 28, 1894 at Istana Semayam, Johor, he was the eldest son of Sultan Ibrahim by his first wife, Sultanah Ungku Maimunah. Though proclaimed "Tunku Mahkota" or crown prince at the age of one, he did not succeed his father until the latter died in May 1959. He was nonetheless the de facto ruler of Johor, …
- Tipu Sultan
Tippu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November 20, 1750, Devanahalli – May 4, 1799, Srirangapattana), was the first son of Haidar Ali by his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-nissa. He was the "de facto" ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from the time of his father's death in 1782 until his own demise in 1799. Tippu Sultan was a learned man and an able soldier. He was reputed to be a good poet.
- Sallah Sultan
Dr. Sallah Sultan, President of the American Center for Islamic Research in Columbus, Ohio. On May 17, 2006, during an interview on Al-Risala TV he claimed that the 9/11 terror attack was mastermind by the US to "allow the US the control and terrorize the entire world"
- Donald Sultan
Donald Sultan (born 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American artist, known for large-scale still life paintings executed with bold contrasts of bright color and deep black forms, tight, nearly abstract compositions, and unorthodox media. After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Masters from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sultan moved to New York City in 1975 to pursue his career.
- Grete Sultan
Grete Sultan (June 21 1906 in Berlin - June 26 2005 in New York City), was a concert pianist. Born into a musical family, she studied piano from an early age with American pianist Richard Buhlig, and later with Leonid Kreutzer, and Edwin Fischer. In 1933, after the National Socialists came to power, she was, as all Jews, banned from playing in public and could only appear in concerts of the "Juedischer Kulturbund" (Jewish Culture Association).
- Altoon Sultan
Altoon Sultan is a Vermont-based artist and author who specializes in rural landscapes painted in egg tempera. Her works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Yale University Art Gallery. She has received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Mark Sultan
Mark Sultan is a Canadian musician and entrepreneur from Montreal, Quebec. He was a member of a number of Canadian garage bands including the Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos, and Mind Controls. He has also spent time performing as a one-man band under the pseudonym BBQ, a moniker which has followed him beyond his solo career to his collaboration with former Spaceshits bandmate Blacksnake in the two-man band, The King Khan & BBQ Show.
- Amet-Han Sultan
Amet-Han Sultan (25 October 1920, Alupka, Crimea - 1 February 1971) was a Crimean Tatar fighter and test pilot. Alternative spellings are Amet-Han Soultan, Ahmet-Han Sultan, Amet-Han Sultan and Sultan Amet-Han. He received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union twice. During World War II, he participated in 150 air combats with 30 enemy planes downed individually and 19 in group. After World War II, he became a test pilot.
- Juma Sultan
Juma Sultan is a percussionist. He performed at Woodstock in Jimi Hendrix's band, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows and on the Dick Cavett show and at a special show in Harlem, New York several weeks later. He was interviewed extensively for the documentary film, "Jimi Hendrix". Also recorded with Archie Shepp.
- Humood Sultan
Humood Sultan Mathkoor (born 1960 in Muharraq) is a former Bahraini football goalkeeper, who spent his entire career at Muharraq Club and was a key member of his team successes in the 1980s and 1990s. He played with the Bahrain national football team in 9 Gulf Cups, from the 1976 tournament in Qatar to the 1994 tournament in UAE. He is widely considered as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Asian football, …
- Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan
Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan is a citizen of Libya, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. Sultan's Guantanamo detainee ID number is 263. The Department of Defense reports that Sultan was born on July 5 1971, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia.
- Simret Sultan
Simret Sultan (born 20 July 1984 in Mirara) is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.
- Daniel Isom Sultan
General Daniel Isom Sultan, (December 9, 1885 - January 14, 1947) was born Oxford, Mississippi and died in Washington, D.C., while on active duty. He graduated from West Point in 1907 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. On July 8, 1939 he was promoted to Brigadier General. He commanded the 38th Infantry Division at the beginning of World War II and the VIII Corps.
- Khalil Sultan
Khalil Sultan (1384 - November 4, 1411) was a Timurid ruler in Transoxiana from 1405 to 1409. He was a son of Miran Shah and a grandson of Timur. During Timur's lifetime, Khalil Sultan gained the conqueror's particular favor. He distinguished himself during the campaign in India and in 1402 was given rule of Ferghana. Upon Timur's death in 1405 Khalil viewed himself as his successor. Timur's appointed successor Pir Muhammad was quickly cast aside, …
- Majed Saeed Sultan
Majed Saeed Sultan is a middle distance runner now representing Qatar after switching from Kenya. He specializes at the 800 metres, a distance where he became 2004 junior world champion and competed in the Olympic Games in Athens. In September 2005 he became Asian champion.
- Abdualla Sultan
Abdualla Sultan (born in 1963) is a UAE football (soccer) player who played as a midfielder for the UAE national football team and Al-Khaleej club in Sharjah.
- Sayid Sultan
Sayid Sultan, was a sixteenth century Bangladeshi poet and writer. His birth place is unknown.
- Khalil Sultan
Khalil Sultan was the Sultan of Samarqand from 807 to 812(AH). He had to fight the rebellions continuously during his short reign. In a treaty with Shah Rukh, he renounced his sovereignty over Mawra-ul-Nahr and received Rayy in exchange, where he lived till his death.
- Ralph Sultan
Ralph Sultan is the MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, he was first elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005.
- Wafa Sultan
Wafa Sultan is a vocal critic of Islam.
- Sultan Iskandar
In full, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Al-Mutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Ismail Al-Khalidi (born April 8, 1932) in Johor Bahru was the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia from April 26, 1984 to April 25, 1989, and fourth Sultan of Johor. The eldest son of Sultan Ismail ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim by Sultanah Ungku Tun Aminah binti Ungku Paduka Bena Sri Maharaja Utama Ahmad, …
- Mehmed II
Mehmed II, was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople, bringing an end to the medieval Byzantine Empire. From this point onward, he claimed the title of Caesar in addition to his other titles.
- Abdülmecid
Abdülmecid I was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on July 2 1839. His reign was notable for the rise of nationalist movements within the empire's territories. Abdülmecid wanted to encourage Ottomanism among the secessionist subject nations and stop the rise of nationalist movements within the empire, …
- Mahmud II
Mahmud II (July 20, 1785 - July 1, 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death. He was the son of Sultan Abdülhamid I.
- Selim II
Selim II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-66) and his favourite wife Roxelana (also Hurrem or Anastasia Lisovska). After gaining the throne after palace intrigue and fraternal dispute, Selim II became the first Sultan devoid of active military interest and willing to abandon power to his ministers, provided he was left free to pursue his orgies and debauches.
- Selim III
Selim III (December 24, 1761 - July 28/29, 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. He was a son of Mustafa III (1757-74) and succeeded his uncle Abdülhamid I (1774-89). The talents and energy with which Selim III was endowed had endeared him to the people, and great hopes were founded on his accession. He had associated much with foreigners, and was thoroughly persuaded of the necessity of reforming his state.
- Murad II
Murad II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451 (except for a period from 1444 to 1446). Murad II's reign was marked by the long war he fought against the Christian peoples of the Balkans and the Turkish emirates in Anatolia, a conflict that lasted 25 years. He was brought up in Amasya, and ascended the throne on the death of his father.
- Ahmed I
Ahmed I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death. Ahmed I succeeded his father Mehmed III (1595-1603) in 1603 and became the first Ottoman sultan who reached the throne before attaining his majority. He was of kindly and humane disposition, as he showed by refusing to put to death his brother Mustafa (later Mustafa I), who eventually succeeded him in 1617. He was known for his skills in fencing, horseback riding, and fluency in numerous languages.
- Celal Bayar
Mahmut Celal Bayar was a Turkish politician, statesman and the third President of Turkey. He was born in 1883 at Umurbey, a village of Gemlik, Bursa as the son of a religious leader and teacher who migrated from Lom, Bulgaria. After the school, he worked as a clerk first in the court in Gemlik and then in Ziraat Bankası and later in the Deutsche Orientbank in Bursa. In 1908, he joined the volunteer’s troop of "İttihad Terakki Cemiyeti" (Committee of Union and Progress), …
- Suleiman The Magnificent
Suleyman I, was the tenth and longest‐serving Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1520 to 1566. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the Islamic world, as the Lawgiver (in Turkish "Kanuni";, "al‐Qānūnī"), deriving from his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system. Within the empire, Suleiman was known as a fair ruler and an opponent of corruption.
- Ziya Gökalp
Ziya Gökalp was a prominent Turkish ideologue of Pan-Turkism or Turanism. Gökalp was publicist and pioneer sociologist. He was influenced by modern western European, especially French and German, thought and elaborated an ideology of Turkish nationalism which was largely implemented, after his death, by Kemal Atatürk. Ziya Gökalp (this last name, Old Turkish "Sky warrior" or "Blue warrior", was originally a pen name), …
- Al-Kamil
Al-Kamil Muhammad al-Malik ; died 1238) was an Ayyubid sultan of Kurdish descent that ruled Egypt, praised for defeating two crusades but also vilified for returning Jerusalem to the Christians. He was the son of sultan al-Adil, a brother of Saladin. In 1218 al-Kamil led the defense during the Siege of Damietta against the Fifth Crusade, and later that year became sultan when his father died. In 1219 he was almost overthrown by a conspiracy among Coptic Christians, …
- Abdul Majeed
Abdul Majeed (Dhivehi: އަލްއަމީރު އަބްދުލްމަޖީދު ރައްނަބަނޑޭރި ކިލެގެފާނު) (or Al Ameeru Abdul Majeed Rannabandeyri Kilegefaanu) (1873? - February 21, 1952) was the sultan of the Maldives between 1944 and February 21, 1952. Following his death, Maldives became a Republic. He died in Egypt without having come to Maldives since his appointment as sultan.
- Bayezid II
Bayezid II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. Bayezid II was born in Dimetoka (now Didymoteicho) in Thrace as the son of Mehmed II (1451-81) and Gulbahār Khātun, an ethnic Greek woman of noble birth from the village of Douvera in Trabzon. Bayezid II ascended the Ottoman throne in 1481. Like his father, Bayezid II was a patron of western and eastern culture and unlike many other Sultans, worked hard to ensure a smooth running of domestic politics, …
- Ahmed III
Ahmed III (December 30, 1673-July 1, 1736) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648-87). He succeeded to the throne in 1703 on the abdication of his brother Mustafa II (1695-1703). Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha and his daughter, Princess Hatice (wife of the former) directed the government from 1718 to 1730, a period referred to as the "Tulip Era".
- Murad III
Murad III (July 4, 1546 - January 15, 1595) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death. Murad III was the eldest son of sultan Selim II (1566-74) and "valide sultan" Nur-Banu (born "Cecilia Venier-Baffo") and succeeded his father in 1574. His authority was undermined by the harem influences, more specifically, those of his mother and later of his favorite wife Safiye Sultan.