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
Sultan rulers, generally rendered in Arabic and in western languages as Sultan: This was the native ruler's title in the Tanzanian state of Uhehe a female sultan In Indonesia (formerly in the Dutch East Indies): In Malaysia: In Brunei: In China: In the Philippines: In Thailand: In some parts of the Middle East and North Africa, there still exist regional sultans or people who are descendants of sultans and who are styled as such. See List of current constituent Asian monarchs and List of current constituent African monarchs By the beginning of the 16th century, the title sultan was carried by