Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri felt that his student Walid would become a corrupt and oppressive ruler.

Yazid I was an oppressive ruler.

Darlanis was no "democrat", but she wasn't really an "oppressive" ruler despite whatever our propaganda claimed.

The themes that ran through Mr Assad's speech have cropped up time and again whenever oppressive rulers have been forced to confront the anger of their peoples.

The oppressive ruler the bandit chief had mentioned, Macurdy realized.

Later his son Yazid I, an oppressive ruler took power.

Yazid I is regarded as an oppressive ruler by Sunnis too.

Now we hope they will remember what it was like to live under an oppressive ruler.

Muhammad replied, 'A word of truth in front of an oppressive ruler(Nisai).

In that story, the Atom dreams about the original Justice League becoming the oppressive rulers of the world.