Then the Sultan ordered one of the Ulemas to mount the pulpit and read forth to the conquerors from the Koran, and he himself mounted upon the marble altar and prayed.
Everywhere throughout the camp the Ulemaspromised victory and the delights of Paradise.
First by gifts and offices he detached many of the supporters of the Janissaries and the Ulemas from the party which supported them.
On one side the snowy turbans and dark robes of half a dozen Ulemas formed a striking contrast to the green shawls bound about the brows of a group of Hadjïs, and their ample pelisses of crimson or maroon, lined and overlaid with fur.
Then, turning to his purse-bearer, he desired him to count out one hundred piastres to each individual, which was accordingly done, and the discomfited Ulemas left the palace.
Another source of torment to me not less considerable was that of the beaux-esprits of the Ulemas of the city of Khiva.
Then suddenly, as if inspired by the bold words of the four prisoners, the men held themselves more erect, and, looking threateningly at Mohammed and at the soldiers, repeated what the ulemas had said.
Some of the men rushed off to the dwelling of the sheik, while others hastened to bring the ulemas to the square.
Their cries resounded far and wide, and, while the soldiers were binding the ulemas and the sheik with their own scarfs, the armed people came pressing forward to the open door of the mosque.
Whereupon one of the ulemas replied, 'Though none of us can answer these questions, perhaps Cogia Nasr Eddin Efendi can.
All agreed to this condition; and Soldan Ala Eddin having assembled his ulemas and sheiks, not one of them was able to make any reply to the questions of the strangers.
Forthwith the Ulemas hastened to him, and bringing with them a coffin, placed him in it, saying, 'Let us carry him home.
The Soldan Ala Eddin was very much incensed and mortified, and exclaimed, 'So there is not one of the ulemas and sheiks in the countries beneath my jurisdiction who can answer these fellows.
Later on, when Ibrahim fell into disgrace, the wise Ulemas discovered a text in the Kuran according to which he who sleeps is not alive, and they slew Ibrahim while Sulaiman slept.
In one wing of his palace were the damsels of the harem, in the others the chief Ulemasand councillors.
The Ulemas sent a letter[33] to the Mahdi to-day; these letters are interesting, for they show the views of these people.
The Arabs took the man with the flag of truce (I sent out with letter to Abdel Kader, the old sheikh) into their lines; he took a letter from the Ulemas to the Mahdi.
Maybe it is better to fall with honour than to gain the victory with dishonour, and in this view the Ulemas are agreed, for they will have nought to do with the proposals of treachery.
Of the Ulemas who came, two (the Sheikh el Islam and the Cadi) had been imprisoned by me.
Maybe it is better for us to fall with honour, than to gain the victory with dishonour, and in this view the Ulemas of the town are agreed; they will have nought to do with the proposals of treachery.
The Ulemas have been coming here for two days to see me; they have been bothering for more grain, and so I put off seeing them, but I gave them one ardeb a piece.
A telegram to the Ulemas from Towfik says: “Baring” is coming up with Lord Wolseley.
Ulemas are writing letters to Arab chiefs, protesting against their acts, as being contrary to Muslim religion.
The ulemas pronounced a curse of eternal dissolution upon the insurgents.
Whoever of the ulemas or chief men of the empire, or any other sort of person, shall violate these institutions, shall undergo the punishment awarded to his offence, without respect to his rank, or personal consideration and credit.
All the knowledge in the empire is concentrated in the ulemas and lawyers.
The ulemas addressed a thanksgiving to heaven amid the acclamations of the assembled thousands.
As before stated, the ulemas have charge of the schools connected with the principal mosques.
However, according to what is known, the hands of the selfish leaders from among the ulemas (Mohammedan clergy) are in this affair.
Hither all the notabilities and Ulemas and Ministers were convoked to hear the promulgation of the new Constitution which, in the view of its promoters and supporters, was to inaugurate a new era for the sorely tried empire of the Osmanli.
A special Commission composed of the highest dignitaries, Ulemas and functionaries of the State, has carefully elaborated the basis of a Constitution, and this again has been studied and approved by Our Council of Ministers.
Nobody had prevented him from rushing through the numerous halls into the Divan, and when he entered the ulemas parted before him in holy horror.
At each fresh sentence the viziers and the ulemas bowed their heads to the ground.
Mustapha Kiuprili, the brother of the late Ahmed Kiuprili, who was Kaimachan, and performed the duties of Grand Vizier in his absence from the capital, called an assembly of ulemas at St. Sophia.
Disaffection and rebellion spread among the Janissaries and Spahis, and also among the ulemas and all classes of people at Constantinople.
The Sultan himself and his Grand Vizier and principal ministers and generals were in favour of accepting the terms as offered, but the Mufti and the whole body of the ulemas were vehemently opposed to them.
It is probable that the ulemas would not have assented to the transfer of a Moslem province to a Christian Power, and that the war would have been continued if Russia had insisted on this.
The ulemas were almost unanimously in their favour.
The Ulemas fixed their gaze upon the ground, not one of them moved or made even a show of conveying the message.
The dead bodies of the victims were still lying in the streets when Sultan Achmed summoned the Ulemas to the cupolaed chamber.
And with that the Ulemas and Halil's comrades were led away to the kiosk of Erivan.
And all the time the Ulemas remained prostrate on the ground around them.
Then all the Ulemas stood up and, raising their hands, exclaimed: "Allah preserve thee from this evil thing!
So he sat on his throne and the Ulemas took their places around him on the divans covered with kordofan leather.
The generals meanwhile slept in the Hall of Audience, Damadzadi lay sick in the apartment of Prince Murad, and the Mufti and the Ulemasremained in the barracks of the bostanjis.
In the presence of the Ulemas and Notables, I have sworn that not a Frenchman shall disembark whilst I am here, and that I will guarantee public tranquillity and the neutrality of our Universal Canal.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ulemas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
