KnowraSultanateLinked fromLinked fromThe 6 pages that link to Sultanate, each with the reason it gives.All 6Narrower topic 4Compared with 2Seljuk EmpireNarrower topic: Seljuk rulers governed as sultans while the Abbasid caliphs retained religious prestige.CaliphateCompared with: In some periods, sultans governed while caliphs retained symbolic or legitimizing roles.EmirateCompared with: Sultanate names rule by a different title, though emirs and sultans sometimes held comparable power.SultanNarrower topic: The sultanate is the political system in which a sultan’s sovereignty is exercised.Seljuk dynastyNarrower topic: Seljuk rulers made the sultanate a powerful political office alongside the caliphate.Kilwa SultanateNarrower topic: Kilwa’s political order centered on a succession of sultans.