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Sultan of Persia

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Mahmoud Gazni, founder of the Gaznivide dynasty, was the first to assume in Persia the title of Sultan (A.D. 999).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sugar-lip
Sugar and Honey
Sugared Words
Sui Generis (Latin)
Sui Juris
Suicides
Suisse
Suit
Suit of Dittos (A)
Sullt [starvation]
Sultan of Persia
Sultan’s Horse, Deadly (The)
Sultana
Summa Diligentia
Summer
Summer King (The)
Summons
Summum Bonum
Sumpter Horse or Mule
Sumptuary Laws
Sun