# The Sultan — The Luzumiyat character guide

> The Sultan in The Luzumiyat by Abu al-ʻAlaʼ al-Maʻarri.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-ii

## Who they are

A symbolic figure of worldly authority and power critiqued in the poems.

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