"Suzerain" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... brother, that my sire was a King called Teghms, who reigned over the land of Kabul and the Banu Shahln, ten thousand warlike chiefs, each ruling over an hundred walled cities and a hundred citadels; and he was suzerain also over seven vassal princes, and tribute was brought to him from the broad lands between East and West. He was just and equitable in his rule and Allah Almighty had given him all this and had bestowed on him such mighty empire, yet had He not vouchsafed him a son (though this ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 5 • Richard F. Burton |
