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BEGLERBEG

Volume 4 · 45 words · 1860 Edition

or BEGLERBEY, (i.e. Lord of lords,) in the Turkish dominions is the title of a high officer, the governor of a province, and next in dignity to the grand vizier. He has under him several beys, agas, &c., and his province is called a beglerbeglik.