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BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig)

BEY (a See also:
MODERN
modern Turk. word, the older See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form being beg, cf. Pers. baig) , the See also:

ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of a See also:

DISTRICT

district, now generally an honorific See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title throughout the See also:

TURKISH

Turkish See also:

EMPIRE

empire; the granting of this in See also:

EGYPT

Egypt is made by the See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan of See also:

TURKEY

Turkey through the See also:

KHEDIVE

khedive . In See also:

TUNIS

Tunis " See also:

BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig)

bey has become the hereditary title of the reigning sovereigns (see See also:

TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis)

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