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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