Sultana (title) Sultana (title) Sultana or sultanah (; ") is a female royal title, and a 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. Nevertheless, westerners have also used the title to refer to Muslim women monarchs and sultan's women relatives who do not hold this title officially. The term sultana is a feminine form of the word sultan (), an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ", meaning "authority" or "power". Later, sultan came to
The Childhood of a Leader (film) The Childhood of a Leader (film) The Childhood of a Leader is a 2015 historical mystery drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Brady Corbet, and is Corbet's feature film directorial debut. It is loosely based on Jean-Paul Sartre's short story "The Childhood of a Leader", published in 1939 in a collection entitled "The Wall", and John Fowles's 1965 novel "The Magus". Corbet co-wrote the screenplay with his wife Mona Fastvold, and filmed both an English and a French language version. The film chronicles the childhood of a fascist leader in the period immediately following World War I. Production began