beylerbey
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A beylerbey was a high-ranking provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire who commanded military forces and oversaw administration within a large territorial unit called a beylerbeylik.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman administrative title
ⓘ
military commander ⓘ provincial governor ⓘ |
| commanded | timariot cavalry in his province ⓘ |
| couldLead | provincial armies in wartime ⓘ |
| couldParticipateIn | imperial campaigns ⓘ |
| createdFor | large frontier and core provinces ⓘ |
| declinedInImportanceAfter | 19th-century Tanzimat reforms ⓘ |
| etymologyFrom | Turkish word "bey" meaning "lord" ⓘ |
| existedDuring | classical period of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| governed | beylerbeylik ⓘ |
| hadAuthorityOver |
civil administration in the province
ⓘ
judicial matters in the province ⓘ provincial military forces ⓘ tax collection in the province ⓘ |
| hadPowerOver | allocation of timars within his province ⓘ |
| hadProminentExamplesIn |
Anatolia Eyalet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rumelia Eyalet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadSeatIn | provincial capital city ⓘ |
| linkedToSystem | timar system ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | "bey of beys" or "lord of lords" ⓘ |
| rankedAbove | sanjak-bey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportedTo |
central Ottoman administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sultan ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
implementing imperial decrees
ⓘ
maintaining order in the province ⓘ supervising subordinate officials ⓘ |
| supervised |
local kadis in administrative matters
ⓘ
sanjak-beys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorialUnitCalled | beylerbeylik ⓘ |
| usedIn | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasAddressedAs | pasha in many cases ⓘ |
| wasComparableTo | viceroy in some European polities ⓘ |
| wasHighRank | above ordinary provincial governors ⓘ |
| wasKeyElementOf | Ottoman military-administrative hierarchy ⓘ |
| wasPartOf | Ottoman provincial administration system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasReplacedGraduallyBy | vali (governor) in later Ottoman period ⓘ |
| wasTitleOf | governor of a large territorial unit ⓘ |
| wasUsedFrom | 14th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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