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plural sanjakbeys
(historical) An official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak. quotations
It was reported to vs from the campe they were .iii. seniacboys, yt is to saye grete seneshalles or stuardes.
1524, Robert Copland, translating J. de Bourbon as The Begynnynge and Foundacyon of the Holy Hospytall, sig. Civ
...last of all the Beglerbegs, and Zanziacbegs...
1589, R. Hakluyt, translation in The Principal Navigations..., p. 170