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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 141 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEY (an adaptation of the Turk. dai, a maternal
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uncle)
  , an honorary title formerly bestowed by the
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Turks on elderly men, and appropriated by the janissaries as the designation of their commanding
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officers . In Algeria the deys of the janissaries became in the 17th century rulers of that country (see ALGERIA:
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History) . From the
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middle of the 16th century to the end of the 17th century the ruler of Tunisia was also called dey, a title frequently used during the same period by the sovereigns of Tripoli .

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