Sultana or sultanah (; ar, سلطانة ') is a female
royal title
Traditional rank amongst European royalty, peers, and nobility is rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Although they vary over time and among geographic regions (for example, one region's prince might be equal to another's grand duke ...
, and the feminine form of the word
sultan. This term has been officially used for
female monarchs in some
Islamic states, and historically it was also used for sultan's consorts.
Nomenclature
The term ''sultana'' is the feminine form of the word
sultan ( ar, سلطان), an Arabic
abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the
verbal noun
A verbal noun or gerundial noun is a verb form that functions as a noun. An example of a verbal noun in English is 'sacking' as in the sentence "The sacking of the city was an epochal event" (''sacking'' is a noun formed from the verb ''sack'').
...
', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, sultan came to be used as the title of certain rulers who claimed almost full sovereignty in practical terms, albeit without claiming the overall
caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
, or to refer to a powerful
governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
of a province within the caliphate.
Usage
Ruling sultana
Some Muslim female monarchs chose to adopt the title of Sultana/Sultanah when they ascended to the throne.
Africa
In
Comoros, there have been several ruling sultanas.
Shajar al-Durr
Shajar al-Durr ( ar, شجر الدر, lit=Tree of Pearls), also Shajarat al-Durr (), whose royal name was al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr (; from her nickname , 'mother of Khalil'; died 28 April 1257), was a ruler of Eg ...
became the ruling sultana of Egypt on May 1250.
South Asia
Razia Sultana
Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din ( fa, ) (died 15 October 1240, ), popularly known as Razia Sultana, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the subcontinent, and ...
(r. 1236–1240) was a ruler of the
Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the Indian Subcontinent.
In
Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
, there have been six ruling sultanas:
*
Khadijah
Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah ( ar, خديجة, Khadīja) is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in th ...
(1347–1363, 1364–1374, 1376–1380)
*
Raadhafathi (1380)
*
Dhaain (1383–1388)
*
Kuda Kala Kamanafa’anu (1607–1609)
*
Amina I (1753–1754)
*
Amina II (1757–1759)
Southeast Asia
Nur ul-Azam
Nur may refer to:
In Islam
* An-Nur, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The Light".
* Nūr (Islam), a concept, literally meaning "light"
* An-Nur (The Light), the 24th chapter of the Qur'an
* '' Risale-i Nur Collection'', a collection ...
became the female sultan in
Sultanate of Sulu
The Sultanate of Sulu ( Tausūg: ''Kasultanan sin Sūg'', كاسولتانن سين سوڬ; Malay: ''Kesultanan Sulu''; fil, Sultanato ng Sulu; Chavacano: ''Sultanato de Sulu/Joló''; ar, سلطنة سولك) was a Muslim state that ruled ...
.
In
Samudera Pasai Sultanate
The Samudera Pasai Sultanate (), also known as Samudera or Pasai or Samudera Darussalam or Pacem, was a Muslim harbour kingdom on the north coast of Sumatra from the 13th to the 16th centuries CE. The kingdom was believed to have been founded ...
(now part of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
), Sultana
Ratu Nahrasyiyah
''Ratu'' () is an Austronesian title used by male Fijians of chiefly rank. An equivalent title, ''adi'' (pronounced ), is used by females of chiefly rank. In the Malay language, the title ''ratu'' is also the traditional honorific title to r ...
(r. 1406–1428) became the sole ruler.
In
Bone state (now part of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
), there have been three ruling sultanas.
In
Aceh Darussalam (now part of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
), there have been four ruling sultanas:
* Sultana
Seri Ratu Ta'jul Alam Syafiatuddin Syah of Aceh
Sulṭāna Taj ul-Alam Safiatuddin Syah (1612 – 23 October 1675; born Putri Sri Alam) was the fourteenth ruler of Aceh. She was the daughter of the sultan Iskandar Muda and the wife of his successor, Iskandar Thani. She became sulṭāna ...
(1641–1675) was the daughter of
Sultan Iskandar Muda, and wife of
Sultan Iskandar Tani. She spoke 6 languages,
Acehnese,
Malay,
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
,
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
,
Arabic
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, and
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
.
* Sultana
Seri Ratu Nurul Alam Naqiatuddin Syah (1675–1678).
* Sultana
Seri Ratu Zakiatuddin Inayat Syah (1678–1688).
* Sultana
Seri Ratu Kamalat Syah (1688–1699). Replaced by her husband, under pressure from the Mufti of
Mecca
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.
On 5 May 2015, Sultan
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
and governor of the
Special Region of Yogyakarta
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It is bordered by the Indian Oce ...
in Indonesia
Hamengkubuwono X
Sri Sultan Hamengkubawono X ( Hanacaraka: , also spelled as Hamengkubawana X, often abbreviated as HB X; born Bendara Raden Mas Herjuno Darpito, 2 April 1946) is the Sultan of the historic Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia and is currently ...
, who only has daughters, appointed his eldest child, Lady Nurmalitasari, as his
heiress presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
...
, henceforth titled
Princess Mangkubumi
Her Royal Highness Princess Mangkubumi Hamemayu Hayuning Bawana Langgeng ing Mataram ( jv, ꦩꦁꦑꦸꦨꦸꦩꦶ, Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Mangkubumi, born as Gusti Raden Ajeng Nurmalitasari on 24 February 1972, later known as Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Pem ...
. If she does succeed her father, she will become the first Javanese woman to become a Sultana in her own right.
Sultana consort
Sultana is also used for sultan's wives. Between 1914 and 1922,
monarchs
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of the
Muhammad Ali Dynasty used the title of
Sultan of Egypt, and their wives were legally styled as sultanas. Two women held the title of sultana during the short-lived Sultanate of Egypt:
Melek Tourhan
Melek Hassan Tourhan () (27 October 1869 – 4 February 1956) was the second wife of Sultan of Egypt, Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Hussein Kamel of Egypt. After her husband ascended the throne in 1914, she became known as Sultana Melek ().
Earl ...
, the wife of Sultan
Hussein Kamel, and
Nazli Sabri
Nazli Sabri ( ar, نازلي صبري; 25 June 1894 – 29 May 1978) was the first queen consort in the Kingdom of Egypt from 1919 to 1936. She was the second wife of Fuad I, King of Egypt.
Early life
Nazli was born on 25 June 1894 into a fam ...
, the wife of Sultan
Fuad I
Fuad I ( ar, فؤاد الأول ''Fu’ād al-Awwal''; tr, I. Fuad or ; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sulta ...
. Nazli Sabri became
queen
Queen or QUEEN may refer to:
Monarchy
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom
** List of queens regnant
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...
(''malika'') following the establishment of the
Kingdom of Egypt
The Kingdom of Egypt ( ar, المملكة المصرية, Al-Mamlaka Al-Miṣreyya, The Egyptian Kingdom) was the legal form of the Egyptian state during the latter period of the Muhammad Ali dynasty's reign, from the United Kingdom's recog ...
in 1922, and it is with the latter title that she is almost always associated. Melek Tourhan, on the other hand, legally retained the title of sultana even after Egypt became a kingdom, and is often referred to simply as Sultana Melek.
Sultana is also title for consort of ruler in some
Malaysian states
The states and federal territories of Malaysia are the principal administrative divisions of Malaysia. Malaysia is a federation of 13 states (''Negeri'') and 3 federal territories (''Wilayah Persekutuan'').
States and federal territories
Ele ...
. Some consorts who hold this title are:
*
Sultanah Kalsom binti Abdullah
Cik Puan Besar Hajjah Kalsom binti Abdullah, formerly known as Sultanah Kalsom (''née'' Anita Abdullah; born 12 September 1951 in Taftan, Baluchistan, Dominion of Pakistan) is the former Sultanah consort of Pahang as the 2nd wife and widow ...
, second consort of
Ahmad Shah of Pahang
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah ( Jawi: ; 24 October 1930 – 22 May 2019) was the fifth modern Sultan of Pahang, and also served as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong ...
. She became
Sultanah of Pahang on 30 September 1992 until 15 August 2019.
*
Sultanah Nur Zahirah, consort of
Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu. She became
Sultanah of Terengganu on 5 June 2006.
*
Sultanah Haminah Hamidun
Che Puan Besar Hajjah Haminah, formerly known as Sultanah Haminah ( Jawi: ; ''née'' Haminah binti Hamidun; born 15 July 1953) is the former Sultanah consort of Malaysian State of Kedah and is the widow of Sultan Abdul Halim Mua'dzam Shah. Born ...
, second consort of
Abdul Halim of Kedah
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...
. She became the
Sultanah of Kedah after her predecessor's death on 21 November 2003 until 11 September 2017.
*
Sultanah Maliha, consort of
Sallehuddin of Kedah
Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah ( Jawi: ;born 30 April 1942) is the 29th Sultan of Kedah, Malaysia. He was proclaimed Sultan on 12 September 2017, upon the death of his elder half brother, Sultan Abdul Hali ...
. She became
Sultanah of Kedah on 12 September 2017 after her husband was proclaimed as the
Sultan of Kedah.
*
Sultanah Nur Diana Petra, consort of
Muhammad V of Kelantan
Sultan Muhammad V ( Jawi: ; born 6 October 1969) has reigned as the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since September 2010 and served as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from December 2016 until his abdication in January 2019. He was proclaimed ...
. She married with the
Sultan of Kelantan
The Sultan of Kelantan () is the constitutional head of Kelantan state in Malaysia. The executive power of the state is vested in him as the monarch of the state. The current sultan, Muhammad V, is the 29th Sultan of Kelantan. He is the Head of ...
on 30 October 2010 and officially became
Sultanah of Kelantan on 2 August 2022 after her husband proclaimed her as the new Sultanah of Kelantan.
Claim
In the west, the title of sultana is also used to refer to many female Muslim monarchs who don't hold this title officially.
In medieval
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
,
Shajar al-Durr
Shajar al-Durr ( ar, شجر الدر, lit=Tree of Pearls), also Shajarat al-Durr (), whose royal name was al-Malika ʿAṣmat ad-Dīn ʾUmm-Khalīl Shajar ad-Durr (; from her nickname , 'mother of Khalil'; died 28 April 1257), was a ruler of Eg ...
, a former slave of
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
origin, ascended the throne in 1250. Although several sources assert that she took the title of sultana, ''The Cambridge History of Islam'' disputes the claim, stating that "a feminine form, sultana, does not exist in Arabic: the title ''sulṭān'' appears on Shajar al-Durr's only extant coin."
Raziya al-Din, usually referred to in history as
Razia Sultana
Raziyyat-Ud-Dunya Wa Ud-Din ( fa, ) (died 15 October 1240, ), popularly known as Razia Sultana, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first female Muslim ruler of the subcontinent, and ...
, was the
Sultan of Delhi
The following list of Indian monarchs is one of several lists of incumbents. It includes those said to have ruled a portion of the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka.
The earliest Indian rulers are known from epigraphical sources fou ...
in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
from 1236 to May 1240. Like some other princesses of the time, she was trained to lead armies and administer kingdoms if necessary.
[Gloria Steinem (Introduction)]
''Herstory: Women Who Changed the World,''
eds. Deborah G. Ohrn and Ruth Ashby, Viking, (1995) p. 34-36. She was the first female ruler of the
Delhi Sultanate.
[Table of Delhi Kings: Muazzi Slave King]
The Imperial Gazetteer of India
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, 1909, v. 2, ''p. 368.''. She refused to be addressed as Sultana because it meant "wife or consort of a Sultan" and would answer only to the title "Sultan." Like Shajar al-Durr, Raziya was also often referred as sultana by westerners, very possible to distinguish her from male sultans.
Sultana was also often used to refer to women relatives of a sultan and other Muslim monarch or female members of Muslim dynasties, especially mothers and chief wives. In fact, many sultanates used other title for sultan's chief consort, some of which derived from non-Arabic language.
''Permaisuri'', a title for a chief wife of a sultan in many sultanates and Muslim kingdoms in southeast Asia, is derived from
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
பரமேஸ்வரி (paramēsvari), from
Sanskrit
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परमेश्वरी (parameśvarī), 'supreme lady'. This title is still used for the consort of
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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, monarch and head of state of
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. The formal way of addressing her is
Raja Permaisuri Agong
''Raja Permaisuri Agong'' ( Jawi: راج ڤرمايسوري اݢوڠ; full title: ''Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong''; سري ڤدوک بݢيندا راج ڤرمايسوري اݢوڠ, literally ''The Que ...
.
In
Brunei
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,
official title for a chief wife of the sultan is ''Seri Baginda Raja Isteri'', derived from
Sanskrit
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''
raja
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested f ...
'' (राजा, equivalent with "king") and ''isteri'' (equivalent with "women" or "lady"). The official title for sultan's mother is ''Seri Suri Begawan Raja Isteri''.
''
Shahbanu
Shahbanu ( fa, شهبانو, ''Šahbānū'' lit. "Lady King") was the title for empress consort in Persian and other Iranian languages. The two Sassanian empresses regnant, Boran and Azarmidokht, c. 630, were the last two that carried the titl ...
'', title for the wife of Iran's monarch, is derived from
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
''
shah
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...
'' (شاه, equivalent with "king") and ''
banu'' (بانو, translated as "lady"). Upon assuming the title in 1967,
Farah Pahlavi
Farah Pahlavi ( fa, فرح پهلوی, née Farah Diba ( fa, فرح دیبا, label=none); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Empress ('' Shahbanu'') of Iran fro ...
, the third wife of
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was the first ''shahbanu'' to be crowned in Iran since the Arab conquest of Iran in the 7th century. ''Shahbanu'' often translated in English as "empress".
Some Muslim monarchs also used the title ''malika'' (
Arabic
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: ملكة), a feminine form of the word ''
malik'', for their wives. This title is still used in many Muslim kingdoms, like
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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.
Ottoman royalty
Since 16th century,
Ottoman used the title ''sultan'' for imperial princesses after their given names (e.g.
Mihrimah Sultan and
Hatice Sultan). They were all non-ruling royalty; in the western sense, princesses, not queens or empresses. The monarch's mother, who had more power, had the title
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(e.g.
Hafsa Sultan). She was referred to by this title alone, without her given name. Principal consort had the title
Haseki Sultan (e.g.
Hürrem Sultan
Hurrem Sultan (, ota, خُرّم سلطان, translit=Ḫurrem Sulṭān, tr, Hürrem Sultan, label=Modern Turkish; 1500 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana ( uk, Роксолана}; ), was the chief consort and legal wife of the Ottoma ...
). Non-principal consorts had the title ''
hatun
Hatun or Khatun ( otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣, Katun, ota, خاتون, Hatun or قادین ''Kadın'', uz, xotin, fa, خاتون ''khātūn''; Mongolian: , ''khatun'', хатан ''khatan''; ur, خاتون, hi, ख़ातून '; bn, খাত ...
'', equivalent to ''
lady''. This usage underlines the Ottoman conception of sovereign power as family prerogative.
Nevertheless, westerners often translated their official title, ''sultan'', to ''sultana'', possibly to distinguish them from the Ottoman ruler.
See also
*
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*
Sultan
*
Queen regnant
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*
Queen consort
*
Al-hurra
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In a harem, the title al-hurra was often used to refer to a legal wife of aristocr ...
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