"I, sultan of sultans, basis and evidence of kings, bestower of crowns to the monarchs, the shadow of God on earth, sultan and the ruler of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, of Rumelia and Anatolia, of Karaman and the land of Rum, of Dulkadir and Diyarbakır, of Kurdistan, of Azerbaijan and Persia, of Damascus, Aleppo, Egypt, Mecca and Medina, Jerusalem, and of all Arabia, and Yemen, and many other lands, which my glorious ancestors and me conquered..."
