Pashalik

Pashaluk or Pashalik (Turkish: paşalık) is a term for one type of the Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire.

It is the abstract word derived from pasha, denoting the quality, office or jurisdiction of a pasha or the territory administered by him.

In European sources, the word "pashalic" generally referred to the eyalets.[1]

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Sources and references

  1. ^ The empires and cities of Asia (1873) by Forbes, A. Gruar. Page 188