Though he lacked political agency, the sultan had something else: symbolic power. In November 1941, Morocco marked the Feast of the Throne, a holiday held yearly to celebrate Mohammed’s sultanate.

The Sovereign’s notorious speech commemorated his accession to the throne and also the long-awaited independence. Other sources have referred to the same day known mostly for the Sultan’s speech.

An African king has returned to the throne that was taken from his homeland by European colonizers more than 100 years ago. His Majesty Nabil Mouhamed Nfonrifoum Mbombo Njoya, the sultan king of ...

In the 1360s, the Bahmani sultan of the Deccan received from a rajah the present of a throne. Reportedly six cubits long and two broad, “the frame was of ebony, covered with plates of pure gold ...