Word: sultanate
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...dilemma posed by the expected crush of tourists at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Built above the site of Christ's crucifixion and tomb, the church has since 1852 been managed according to an uneasy truce imposed on six warring Christian factions by the Ottoman sultan who ruled Jerusalem at the time. Franciscan Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Egyptian Coptic, Syrian and Ethiopian sects each jealously guard their portion of the holy site, according the sultan's rules. But there is only one entrance to the church, which the Israeli authorities fear isn't enough for safety reasons - especially...
...government and people of the Sultanate of Oman, a country on the Arabian peninsula, have endowed a Kennedy School of Government (KSG) professorship in honor of their ruler, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said...
...position, which will be known for the remainder of the Sultan's life as "The Sultan of Oman Professorship" and will thereafter bear his name, funds a professorship focused on international relations...
...Sultan has ruled Oman, a nation of 2.1 million people in the southeast part of the Arabian peninsula, since...
With a new course on the Swing Era this spring, Core shoppers no longer have to resign themselves to classes like Literature and Arts B-35, "The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent: Art, Architecture, and Ceremonial at the Ottoman Court...