pashalik

American  

[puh-shah-lik, -shaw-] / pəˈʃɑ lɪk, -ˈʃɔ- /

Also pachalic,

noun

1. the territory governed by a pasha.

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pashalik British  

/ ˈpɑːʃəlɪk /

noun

1. the province or jurisdiction of a pasha

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Etymology

Origin of pashalik

First recorded in 1735–45; < Turkish, equivalent to paşa pasha + -lιk suffix forming nouns of condition

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 Sālih 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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