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pashalik

[ puh-shah-lik, -shaw- ]

noun

  1. the territory governed by a pasha.


pashalik

/ ˈ±èÉ‘Ëʃə±ôɪ°ì /

noun

  1. the province or jurisdiction of a pasha
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pashalik1

First recorded in 1735–45; < Turkish, equivalent to ±è²¹ÅŸ²¹ pasha + -±ôι°ì suffix forming nouns of condition
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pashalik1

C18: from Turkish
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Example Sentences

HILLAH, a town of Asiatic Turkey, in the pashalik of Bagdad, 60 m.

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Each pasha led the troops of his own pashalik, therefore inhabitants of Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Though Adana is the head-quarters of the Pasha of that Pashalik, no Europeans, consuls or merchants, reside in the place, from which fact alone arises the unbearable hauteur of the Turks of Adana, who are unaccustomed to mingle with more civilised people, or to bend to the yoke which the rules of official etiquette demand and obtain.

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A map showing the boundaries of Egypt accompanied the firman granting Mehemet Ali the pashalik, a duplicate copy being retained by the Porte.

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In pursuance of the above plan, a squadron under SÄlih Pasha, shortly before appointed high admiral, arrived at Alexandria on the 1st of July 1806 with 3000 regular troops and a successor to Mehemet Ali, who was to receive the pashalik of Salonica.

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