"I am God's slave and sultan of this world. By the grace of God I am head of Muhammad's community."

"The sea is a great lord, and it does not suffer the existence of any other lords."

"The people think of wealth and power as the greatest fate, But in this world a spell of health is the best state. What men call sovereignty is a worldly strife and constant war; Worship of God is the …"

"I, the sultan of sultans, the sovereign of sovereigns, the distributor of crowns to the monarchs of the globe, the shadow of God on earth..."

"The order of the world rests on the sword, and the sword's sharpness depends on the treasury."