noun: (politics, historical) An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
noun: (politics, historical) An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
noun: (politics, historical) An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
noun: (military, historical) A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.
noun: (politics, historical) Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.
noun: (politics, historical) An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.
noun: (politics) A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.
