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PASHA , also written " pasha " and formerly " pashaw," &c., a See also: Turkish title, See also: superior to that of bey (q.v.), See also: borne by persons of high See also: rank and placed after the name
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It is in the gift, of the sultan of See also: Turkey and, by delegation, ?of the See also: khedive of See also: Egypt
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The title appears, originally, to have been bestowed exclusively upon military commanders, but it is now given to any high official, and also to unofficial persons whom it is desired to honour
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It is conferred indifferently upom Moslems and Christians, and is frequently given to foreigners in the service of the See also: Turks or Egyptians
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Pashas are of three grades, formerly distinguished by the number of See also: horse-tails (three, two and one respectively) which they were entitled to display as symbols of authority when on See also: campaign
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A pashalik is a province governed by or under the jurisdiction of a pasha
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The word is variously derived from the Persian padshah, Turkish See also: padishah, See also: equivalent to See also: king or emperor, and from the Turkish bash, in some dialects gash, a
See also: head, chief, &c
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In old Turkish there was no fixed distinction between b and p
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As first used in western See also: Europe the title was written with the initial b
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The See also: English forms bashaw, bassaw, bucha, &c., general in the 16th and 17th centuries, were derived through the med
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See also: Lat. and Ital. See also: bassa
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