pashalik
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pashalik
First recorded in 1735–45; < Turkish, equivalent to paşa pasha + -lιk suffix forming nouns of condition
Example Sentences
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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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
The war with Ibrahim, to which Byron alludes, ended in his defeat, and the transference of his pashalik to Ali.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle
The Defterdar, after commending my openness, said, 'I suspect that you will find very little to remark in the pashalik of Silistria.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various
"No fear," answered Jack; "you're a great man, Mr. Mole, and no doubt the authorities, becoming aware of your merits, have really made choice of you as the governor of the pashalik."
From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Hemyng, Bracebridge
Mahmud hired the father's troops and the son's generalship for the re-conquest of Peloponnesos, under engagement to invest Ibrahim with the pashalik as soon as he should effectively make it his own.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill
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