Sultan Mehmed II is considered one of the most famous Ottoman sultans. Sultan (/ËsÊltÉn/ ; Arabic: Ø³ÙØ·Ø§Ù â sulá¹­Än, [sÊlËtË¤ÉËn, solËtË¤ÉËn]) is a noble title with several historical meanings.Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning strength, authority, rulership, derived from the verbal noun Ø³ÙØ·Ø© sulá¹­ah, meaning authority or power. Sultan of Sultans-the sultanic equivalent of the style King of Kings. 2  Certain secondary titles have a devout Islamic connotation; e.g., Sultan ul-Mujahidin as champion of jihad (to strive and to struggle in the name of Allah).
For other uses, see Bass Rock (disambiguation). The Bass Rock viewed from North Berwick. The Bass Rock, or simply the Bass (pronunciation: /ËbÃ¦s/), is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland.
fish movements and harvest rates. The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), also known as the striper or rockfish, is easily identified by the dark horizontal stripes across its silvery body. Striped bass can grow to more than 48 inches (122 cm), weigh over 50 pounds (23 kg) and live up to 30 years.The New York State record is a 76 pound (34 kg) fish caught off Montauk in 1981. The largest striped bass on record is a 125 pound (56 kg) female caught off North Carolina in 1891.ew York State also has a commercial striped bass fishery. Striped bass taken commercially must be caught east of the East Rockaway Inlet on the south shore of Long Island and east of Wading River Creek on the north shore.