valin.
/vaˈliː/ A civil governor of a Turkish province or vilayet. The form valiè occurs in the transl. of Chardin's Coronat. Solyman (1686) 34.
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
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. xiii. 85 Vachtanga..ought..to have succeeded him in the dignity of vali of Georgia.
1875 R. Wilson tr. Figuier Human Race 284 A vali and council is at the head of the administration of each government or ‘vilayet’.
1897 Outing 29 387 The Vali,..like nearly all Turkish officials,..had discarded the Turkish costume.
1903 Times 5 Sept. 8/6 The corrupt and inefficient government of the Vali of Beirut.
Derivatives
vaˈliship n. the office or position of a vali.
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
1907 Times 17 Jan. 3/6 It may have been right to depose Kiamil from his Valiship.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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