atabeg

Examples

• All

• They escorted him and Atabeg Unur onto the Temple Mount, the thoroughly Christianized headquarters of the Templars.

  Academic text (2011)

• As a high official, the atabeg played a crucial role in the administration of justice.

• As they prayed in the Dome of the Rock, one of the Franks approached the atabeg to ask: 'Would you like to see God when he was young?'

  Academic text (2011)

• The atabeg governed the region with wisdom and strength during the Middle Ages.

• In the historical records, the atabeg was responsible for maintaining the peace in the kingdom.

Synonyms

B

bey

vsatabeg

8 9.9

A title that people in Turkey, Egypt, or the old Ottoman Empire give to important men

is a medieval governing office with formal administrative authority

N

naib

vsatabeg

1 9.9

A local leader who runs a town or region in some Muslim countries

is a principal governor or high official rather than a deputy role

B

bashaw

vsatabeg

• Archaic

9.9

A high-ranking Turkish official who governed a province in the Ottoman Empire

is an administrative governor role in medieval Muslim territories

E

ethnarch

vsatabeg

• Archaic

9.9

A leader who governs a region or a community and may have religious power

is an administrative governor in medieval Muslim regions not primarily ethnic leader

C

caid

vsatabeg

9.9

A local leader who acts as a judge in parts of North Africa and the Middle East

is a higher-ranking governor for broader regional administration

Surface Forms

Etymology