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Sultan
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SULTAN. The title of the Turkish sovereign and other Mahometan princes.



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The "Malay World" of the book's title is here defined as the region historically within the domain of Malay sultanates (kerajaan Melayu) , extending from South Thailand, the Malay peninsula, to Borneo and Sumatra and intervening islands, rather than the broader cultural/linguistic zone often evoked.
: There are semisovereign statelets at sea, tonguein-cheek micro-monarchies in the suburbs, even make-believe sultanates on the Web.
In many respects the government has allowed the northern sultanates to apply their own laws in their dominions, and in return the leaders of these ministates lend their support to national governmental structures.
 
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