beglerbegn.
/ˈbɛɡləbɛɡ/ The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, in rank next to the grand vizier.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > Ottoman or Turkish
sanjakbey1524
bashawa1535
sanjak1546
beglerbeg1586
bey1589
kehaya1594
kaimakam1645
pasha1648
hospodar1684
beg1686
vali1753
wali1811
gospodar1847
mutasarrif1873
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 680 Neither doth any other sit there but the twelue Bellerbeis.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 126 A Turkish Beglerbey of Greece.
1630 P. Massinger Renegado iii. iv. sig. G3 Gaz. What places of credit are there? Car. There's your Beglerbeg.
1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey 162 Reckoned the eighth under the Beglerbey of Romania.
Derivatives
begler-beglic n. (also begler-beglik, begler-begluc) the district over which a beglerbeg rules, the dignity or office of a beglerbeg.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under specific governors in Turkish empire
begler-beglic1614
despotee1656
hospodariat1833
eyalet1853
despotat1867
vilayet1869
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 377 Begler-Beg is Lord of Lords, that is one which hath vnder his gouernment diuers Begs of lesser Prouinces. And Begluc is the Dignitie of the one, Beglarbegluc of the other.
beglerbegship n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > Ottoman or Turkish > position of
beglerbegship1603
bashawship1687
horsetail1771
hospodariat1833
beyship1867
valiship1907
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 945 It is now one of the Turks proud Beglerbegships.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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