Brewer's: Sultan of Persia

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

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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