Please answer here, showing consideration for others

Once again there could be more than one answer to some of these.

*1. Ruler of Sikkim
*2. Leader of Tibetan Buddhists
*3. Prime minister of the Irish Republic
*4. German emperor or Holy Roman emperor
*5. Highest ranking religious leader of the Shiites of Islam
*6. Emperor of Japan
*7. Muslim religious leader
*8. Cossack chief
*9. Muslim prince or chieftan in the Middle East
*10. Emperor of Russia in former times
*11. Indian Chief of Latin America, Spanish West Indies particularly
*12. Turkish viceroy ruling Egypt during the period of Ottoman control
13. Spanish military dictator
14. Turkish governor of Algeria, before French conquest in 1830
15. Medieval ruler of a Mongol, Tatar or Turkish tribe
*16. Japanese Miltary Commander who ruled Japan in former times
17. Roman Emperor
18. Chinese Provincial military Governor and warlord in former times. This actually means 'to supervise army' in Mandarin.

[ May 26, 2002, 12:00 AM: Message edited by: izzi ]

10 ... Tsar

you always come up with good ideas, Izzi . I'll have to work on one myself.

Copago, my past few efforts haven't exactly been original thought, but thanks.

#10 is correct

2. The Dalai Lama

Absolutely moonrockie

3. Taoiseach

I think I may have read this somewhere??

#6 Akihito (spelling???)

1. Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling

[ May 23, 2002, 03:54 AM: Message edited by: Lo78 ]

Ok, seems it's my turn now.

4. I think it's kaizer , derived from the name of Gaius Julius Ceasar.

6. Japanese call their emperor tenno . But in the west more popular title is mikado . There are also many other. You can read about it here: Emperor of Japan

No. 3 is right 'couz, and your answers 4 & 6 are fine Laguz.

Thanks for the link, very interesting information.

I'll look into your answers Lo & Taz.

After a little googling I found the following information.

Taz, I'm pleased I looked into your answer. I found that Akihito was a keen marine biologist like his father before him Emperor Hirohito.

Lo, the last ruler of Sikkim to hold the title I was looking for died in 1982. The title he held was abolished in 1975, and currently the office of Chief Minister is used, as you said.

1- The Chogyal?

One term for a Muslim religious leader is Imam, for question 7...I think there are a couple more terms though.

Chogyal is correct for No. 1

There are several suitable answers for No. 7, the one I had in mind could also be an Arab leader.

Q5: maybe ayatollah (I hate english spelling...)

Q8: hopefully Ataman.

Hmm...questions 7 and 9 could have similar answers. 'Sultan' is a possibility for 9, as is 'emir' or 'sheikh'. For question 7 you could have 'caliph' or 'mufti', although a mufti is more like a judge. The term 'mullah' could also fit here, and perhaps for question 9 as well...a la Mullah Omar in Afghanistan.

If the correct terms aren't there...I'll have to really start digging!

No further digging required Jazz, they all fit the bill.

Nos. 5 & 8 are also correct Laguz, with hetman being an alternative for ataman.

I'll add a few more later today.

Extra clues added as promised

How fun! For question 16...Shogun, and on a smaller scale, Daimyo.

Q11: cacique?
(it took me ages to find how it is spelled in English...)

Shogun was the one I was thinking of.

Cacique is correct too, thanks for taking the trouble to find the spelling.

[ May 24, 2002, 04:04 PM: Message edited by: izzi ]

That's just a guess.. maybe Q18 is mandarin?

I believe the answer to Q12 is khedive...could be wrong though, top of the head.

Khedive for #12 is right Jazz. Once again there are several suitable answers for #18 Laguz, but yours isn't the one I was thinking of.

I'll add a little further information in the clue.