What is "soldans"

Usage examples of "soldans".

And here it is to be noted that this government of the Soldans is different from all other monarchies, for it is not unlike the Papacy in Christendom, which can neither be called a new nor an hereditary principality, because the children of the deceased prince are neither heirs to his estate nor lords of his empire, but he who is chosen to succeed by those who have the faculty of election.

The Saracens here spoken of were the subjects of the Mameluk sultans or soldans of Egypt, who recovered from the Christian powers in Syria, what the princes of the family of Saladin, or of the Ayubite dynasty, had lost.