King vs. Sultan - What's the Difference? - This vs. That

sultan kingThe titles Sultan and King both refer to soveren rulers, but they orinate from different cultural and historical contexts. Sultan is primarily used in Muslim-majority regions,The sultan was also referred to as the padishah (Ottoman Turkish: پادشاه, romanized: pâdişâh, French: Padichah).In Ottoman usage the word Padisha was usually used except sultan