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

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pashalik

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

Mahomet Pasha, son of Veli Pasha, second son of Ali, though only twelve years old, was already in possession of a pashalik.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

In November 1820 the veteran soldier Khurshid was appointed to the pashalik of Peloponnesos to hold the Greeks in check and close accounts with Ali.

From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill

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

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