suzerainty

Converse of object

• claim: The sultan of Brunei, who claimed suzerainty over them, ceded them on successive occasions in return for annual money payments.
• acknowledge: Indeed, a number of local amirs in Iraq now acknowledged the suzerainty of the Fatimids.

Adjective modifier

• Chinese: In the same treaty, she recognized the independence of Korea, thereby denying Chinese suzerainty.
• Turkish: As early as 1863 the British representative to the Gulf reported that Kuwait was " practically independent despite recognizing Turkish suzerainty.

Modifies a noun

• treaty: Five of the six standard sections of the classic suzerainty treaty were mentioned above.