Sultan to as a sultanate ( "). The term is distinct from king ( "), despite both referring to a sovereign ruler. The use of "sultan" is restricted to Muslim countries, where the title carries religious significance, contrasting the more secular "king", which is used in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. A feminine form of "sultan", used by Westerners, is Sultana or Sultanah and this title has been used legally for some (not all) Muslim women monarchs and sultan's mothers and chief consorts. However, Turkish and Ottoman Turkish also uses "sultan" for imperial lady, as Turkish grammar—which is influenced by Persian
Muslim Social Democratic Party very critical of the conduct of the events. This is confirmed by the words of Sultan Majid Efendiyev who wrote: In 1992 a new social democratic party named Hummet was founded. The party has low support and its policies are centrist and pro-government. Its leader is businessman Zakir Tagiev. Muslim Social Democratic Party The Muslim Social Democratic Party, usually referred to as Hummet () ("Endeavor"), was a political party in South Caucasus. In 1920, it merged with "Adalat" () ("Justice") communist cell in Baku, forming the first Communist Party of Azerbaijan. At the end of 1904, the Baku committee of