Obs. Also 7 sultanie, -ee. [ad. Arab. sulṭānī adj. imperial, sb. kingdom, sultanin, f. sulṭān SULTAN sb. Cf. med.L. soltania.]
1. = SULTANATE.
1639. Fuller, Holy War, II. xxxv. 89. Two great Lords fell out about the Sultanie or Vice-royship of that land.
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., V. xvi. 189. The four Sultanies of the Turkish dominion, Bagdad, Cæsarea, Aleppo, Damascus.
1806. G. S. Faber, Diss. Prophecies (1814), I. 355. The Euphratean horsemen of the four Turkish Sultanies.
1855. M. Bridges, Pop. Mod. Hist., 205. Bajazet solicited and received from him a patent of sultany, which, at least in the eyes of his own people, rendered him a vicegerent of their prophet.
2. = SULTANIN.
1612. Brerewood, Lang. & Relig., x. (1614), 68. A Sultanie for euery poll.
1615. W. Bedwell, Arab. Trudg. A Sultance is a peece of gold of the value of 7s. 6d.
1630. R. Johnsons Kingd. & Commw., 522. A Sultany is equall to the Chechini of Venice, and sixscore Aspers amount to a Sultanie.
1674. Jeake, Arith. (1696), 134. At Aleppo, the Exchange is made by Sultanies of 120 Aspers.