Sanjak-bey

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Sanjak-bey, Sanjaq-bey or -beg was the Turkish title of the Bey (high officer, but usually not a Pasha) in military and administrative command of a sanjak (usually a district, answerable to a Wali or other provincial governor. In a few cases the Sanjak-Bey was himself a governor directly answering to Istanbul.

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