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- noun Alternative form of
Padishah .
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Padişah pronounced padishah and originally from Persian, the equivalent of "emperor", was the title of the Ottoman sultans.
Archive 2007-03-01 AYDIN 2007
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Padişah pronounced padishah and originally from Persian, the equivalent of "emperor", was the title of the Ottoman sultans.
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One of them, Othman, proclaimed himself independent at the end of the thirteenth century, and took the title of sultan, or padishah.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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This had acted as Islam acts everywhere, as a very strong social bond, uniting the vast majority of subjects in all districts except certain parts of the European empire, in instinctive loyalty to the person of the padishah, whatever might be felt about his government.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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He had gone to Allahabad and assumed the title of padishah.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Twenty years had passed away since the boy had been installed as padishah.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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There may have been a semblance of a diet on the accession of a new padishah; all the emirs, rajas, and princes of the empire paid their homage, presented gifts, and received titles and honors.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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From that day the power of the Ulama was gone; they had abdicated their authority to the padishah; they became mere ciphers in Islam.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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While at Champaneer in 1527, ambassadors came from _Baber_, padishah or emperor of Delhi, demanding homage and tribute for Guzerat, as part of his dominions.
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In the same year Baber padishah of the Moguls of Delhi, marched with an army for the reduction of
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a title of nobility roughly meaning 'emperor' in Persian languages, primarily used for the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
August 20, 2024