SOCOTRA (10), an island off the E. coast of Africa, 148 m. NE. of Cape Guardafui, over 70 m. long and 20 m. broad; it is mountainous, surrounded by a margin of plain land from 2 to 4 m. broad; is comparatively barren; is inhabited by Mohammedans, who rear sheep, goats, and cattle; exports aloes, hides, and pearls; the sultan is a feudatory of Britain.

The sultan of this country was a potent king; he had seven daughters born in his house.

The Zil-i-Sultan is, though illegitimate, the Shah's eldest son, and is, with the exception of his father, the most influential man in Persia, the heir-apparent (Valliad) being a weak, foolish individual, easily led, and addicted to drink and

Moreover, if such a caliph were ever to be again, an Osmanli sultan would not be a strong candidate.

The first sultan of Sulu was Kamaludin, and during his reign one Sayed Alli, a merchant, arrived at Sulu from Mecca.

" "Poor Sultan!" was all John's answer, as he led the horse into a large paddock thickly strewn with fresh straw.

The Sultan is a generous man; I can bear testimony to that.

The sultans of Constantinople govern, then, under this name, as much territory as the political vicissitudes allow them to governi.e., the Turkish Empire; as khalîfs, they are the spiritual heads of the whole of Sunnite Islâm.

The Sultan, whenever a fanatic dares to encroach on the religious freedom of any one at all in his wide dominions, is the inexorable champion of that religious liberty which is permitted everywhere under his rule.

When the all-powerful Ba-Ahmed died the young Sultan was nineteen.

The Sultan is not a beauty.

Scherezade who interprets the stories for the SultanScherezade is the poet, and the Sultan is the public who is to be agreeably entertained, or else he will d

Whate'er thy accusation, The sultan is my judge.