‖ ˈsanjakbeg, -bey
[Turkish: see sanjak and beg n.1, bey.]
The governor of a sanjak.
| 1524 in Hakluyt's Voy. (1599) II. i. 83 It was reported to vs from the campe, they were three saniacbeis, that is to say, great seneshalles or stuards. 1589 Hakluyt Voy. 170 Last of all the Beglerbegs, and Zanziacbegs. 1599 Ibid. II. i. 181 Whereas sundry exactions..be offered ours by such Byes, Sanjacbies iustices and Cadies. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 71 Sangiac Bey is like a Lord of a Manor. 1802 Edin. Rev. I. 53 The janizaries..and timariots of the district, are obliged in case of war, to unite under the colours of a commander, called Sangiac-bey. |