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

Ibrahim was to retain the pashalik of Syria for his life, and Russia stipulated that no vessels of war should be allowed to pass the Dardanelles or Hellespont without the consent of the sultan.

From France in the Nineteenth Century by Latimer, Elizabeth

You may rest assured that there is not a province of the empire better governed than the pashalik of Silistria.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various

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

Ali was denounced as a traitor, and ordered to surrender his pashalik.

From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I by Bourne, H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox)

To the pashalik of Aleppo belongs the government of Aintab, Badjazze, Alexandretta, and Antakia.

From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by Burckhardt, John Lewis