He was one of those rare eastern potentates who wasn't hampered by parasitical relatives.

She was, in fact, as powerful as any of the Eastern potentates, if not the most powerful.

He was the first to use this symbol, although it was imitated afterward by various Eastern potentates.

He was wearing an agal, kuffieh, and aba such as are only worn by Near Eastern Potentates.

This striking of the earth with the forehead, usually a fixed number of times, is the form of adoration usually paid to Eastern potentates to-day.