They had more power than constitutional monarchs, who are usually vested by law and counterbalanced by a legislative authority; they even had more authority on religious issues compared to Western monarchs.
Mereka lebih memiliki kekuasaan ketimbang penguasa monarki, yang biasanya diatur oleh hukum dan setara dengan otoritas legislatif; mereka bahkan lebih otoriter terhadap masalah-masalah keagamaan dibandingkan penguasa-penguasa monarki Barat.