In 1726, Ibrahim Muteferrika convinced the Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha, the Grand Mufti, and the clergy on the efficiency of the printing press, and later submitted a request to Sultan Ahmed III, who granted Muteferrika the permission to publish non-religious books ( despite opposition from some calligraphers and religious leaders.

In an effort to curb the Dhofar insurgency, Sultan Qaboos expanded and re-equipped the armed forces and granted amnesty to all surrendering rebels while vigorously prosecuting the war in Dhofar.

Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenadid of the Sultanate of Hobyo, which also controlled a portion of the coast, later granted concessions to an Aden-based French hotel proprietor and a former French Army officer to construct a lighthouse in Cape Guardafui.

He was granted the title of Rajah of Sarawak on 24 September 1841, partly attributed to his relationship with a daughter of the Sultan, although the official declaration was not made until 18 August 1842.

In return Maratha granted the region between Tungabhadra and Kaveri to Tipu Sultan and also gave him the title of Nawab of Mysore.

These title awards are granted by His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei, and the titles are non-hereditary.

Although Sultan Selim III granted authority to the peaceful Hadži Mustafa Pasha, however tensions between the Serbs and the Janissary command did not subside.

In addition to the paid professional army, the Ottoman army had corps of cavalry soldiers ( called spahis or sipahi ) who performed military service in return for estates granted by the Sultan ( larger estates were called zaim or zeamet, smaller ones timar ).

In addition to the paid professional army, the Ottoman army had corps of cavalry soldiers ( called spahis or sipahi ) who performed military service in return for estates granted by the Sultan ( larger estates were called zaim or zeamet, smaller ones timar ).

His main foreign policy objective was the unification of the Bulgarian nation into a nation-state consisting of all the territories of the Bulgarian Exarchate granted by the Sultan in 1870.

Audience in the Diwan-i-Khas granted to the French ambassador, the vicomte d ' Andrezel by Ahmed III | Sultan Ahmed III, 10 October 1724, in a contemporary painting by Jean-Baptiste van Mour.

In both cases, his father, Sultan Ismail, intervened and granted official pardons to Tunku Mahmud.

Although the Bates Treaty granted more powers to the Americans than the original Spanish treaty, the treaty was still criticized in America for granting too much autonomy to the Sultan.

On the other side of the Terengganu River, there is a medium-sized airport called Sultan Mahmud Airport serving domestic routes although it was granted international status.

The Sultan asked Willan's permission to fly the Union Jack on his car to attend the surrender ceremony on 12 September, and the British military government granted his requests.

While he acknowledged the Abbasids as caliph as a matter of form, he was also granted the title Sultan as recognition of his independence.

The Sultan of Sulu only granted " lease " to Alfred Dent and Baron von Overback on 1878, over:

It states: " The British Charter the British North Borneo Company therefore differs essentially from the previous Charters granted by the Crown ... in the fact that the Crown in the present case assumes no dominion or sovereignty over the territories occupied by the Company, nor does it purport to grant to the Company powers of government thereover ; it merely conveys upon the persons associated the status and incidents of a body corporate, and recognizes the grants of territory and the powers of government made and delegated by the Sultan in whom the sovereignty remains vested.

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III granted permission to build mosques and surau throughout the country in his efforts to expand and strengthen the Islamic religion.

Twelve years later, however, when geologists began intensively searching for oil in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Oman's Sultan Said bin Taimur granted a 75-year concession to the Iraq Petroleum Company ( IPC ).

He arrived in Beirut on July 17, 1860, armed with extreme power granted to him by the Sultan.

Jagir was a piece of land held by the mansabdar which was granted by the Sultan.

The Saudi-Yemeni joint committee granted clearances to Khalid bin Sultan for attacks to be conducted.

Buraq converted to Islam and requested the Abbasid Caliph for investiture, and was granted a title of Qutlugh Sultan.

Sultan Ahmed III had become unpopular by reason of the excessive pomp and costly luxury in which he and his principal officers indulged ; on September 20, 1730, a mutinous riot of seventeen janissaries, led by the Albanian Patrona Halil, was aided by the citizens as well as the military until it swelled into an insurrection in front of which the Sultan was forced to give up the throne.

Tipu Sultan was instructed in military tactics by French officers in the employment of his father.

Egypt had recently become a British puppet state, its army led by British officers, although still nominally under the sovereignty of the Khedive ( Egyptian monarch ) and his nominal overlord the ( Ottoman ) Sultan of Turkey.

The Sultan of Morocco retained control of a police force in the six port cities, which was to be composed entirely of Moroccan Muslims ( budgeted at an average salary of a mere 1000 pesetas a year ) but now to be instructed by French and Spanish officers, who would oversee the paymaster ( the Amin ) and regulate disciplinnydet e and could be recalled and replaced by their governments.

The title atabeg was also in use for officers in Mamluk Egypt ; some of them even were proclaimed Sultan before the incorporation into the Ottoman Empire.

On December 17, the Sultan, the Regent and his family and senior officers of the State Government set off for Alor Setar with a military escort.

The population was divided into groups, some being allocated to the service of the Sultan and his officers, others added to the population of Constantinople, and the remainder were allowed to inhabit the outskirts of Trebizond itself.

Yamashita and his officers then stationed themselves at the Sultan's residence, Istana Bukit Serene and the state secretariat building, Sultan Ibrahim Building to plan for the invasion of Singapore.

In particular, Sultan Ibrahim was once publicly rebuked for leaning on his walking stick before Japanese officers and humiliating him in the process.

This problem was compounded by harassment from the Sultan of Golconda's local officers.

The court was told former PC Sultan Alam was “ stitched up ” by fellow officers after he launched industrial tribunal proceedings in 1993, complaining of racial discrimination following a series of incidents that included a Ku Klux Klan poster being left on his desk.

The heavy taxes and the abuses against the population on the part of the Ottoman conquerors in the early years after the Ottoman occupation gave rise to opposition, following which the Sultan, by order addressed to the Governor, the " Kadi " and the Treasurer, prohibited the oppression of his subjects and commanded the officers to govern with justice.

When he was a member of the Majlis Mesyuarat Negeri Johor, he made two important political contributions to the people of Johore, which are the setting up of the Sultan Ibrahim Scholarship and issuance of free air fares to perform the pilgrimage in Makkah for Islamic officers serving the Johore government.

Colonel Abdul Aziz Sultan Mohammad Tajik of Peshawar and Prince Burhanuddin of Chitral were two such officers.

After the fall of the city, in the gathering dusk, some of the British officers went to look for the body of Tippu Sultan.

The regiment was granted permission to carry the battle honour " Egypt " on its colours, along with an image of the Sphinx, and twenty-five of its officers were awarded gold medals by Sultan Selim III.

Ottoman landholdings, previously fiefs held directly from the Sultan, became hereditary estates ( chifliks ), which could be sold or bequeathed to heirs.

Another sign of decline was that Ottoman landholdings, previously fiefs held directly from the Sultan, became hereditary estates ( chifliks ), which could be sold or bequeathed to heirs.

The Sudairis consolidated their hold over these fiefs by appointing their brothers and sons to their own ministries and other key positions: Late Prince Sultan appointed one of his younger Sudairi brothers — Prince Abdul Rahman — and one of his sons as his deputies, Prince Khalid.