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
Sultan Sahak Sultan Sahak Sultan Sahak (; (born 14th century; died 15th century) was a Kurdish religious leader of Arab descent who founded the spiritual path of the Ahle Haqq, also known as the Yarsan. He is considered to be the manifestation that fully reflects the divine essence by the Ahle Haqq and revealer/expounder of the fourth stage of the religion. Sultan Sahak was born in Barzanjeh, which is in the province of present-day Sulaymania, Northern Iraq. According to the Ahl-e Haqq hagiography, he was a direct descendant of the Shia Muslim Imam Musa Kazim. Later on his life, he moved to