Turkish titles

ruler in Mongol and Turkic cultures, variously describing kings, princes, and governors

thumb|Uyghurs|Uyghur General [[Khojis (d. 1781), bey of Turfan, who later settled in Beijing; painting by a European Jesuit artist at the Chinese court in 1775]] Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in the numerous Turkic kingdoms, emirates, sultanates and empires in Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Europe, and the Middle East, such as the Ottomans, Timurids or the various khanates and emi

Pasha (; ; ) was a high rank, aristocratic title in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitaries, and others issued by the Sultan carrying the tughra (imperial seal). Pasha, in one of its various ranks, is equivalent to the British title of Lord. Pasha was also one of the highest titles in the 20th-century Kingdom of Egypt and it was also used in Morocco in the 20th century, where it denoted a regional official or governor of a district. Origin of the word is believed to be derived from the Persian Padishah ( پادشاه ).

administrative title that was used during the Caliphate and Ottoman Empire to designate governors of administrative divisions

rank of a high nobleman or prince

thumb|Begum Malika-uz-Zamani, wife of the [[Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.]]

Baghatur (also Batur, Batyr, Baatar, etc.) is a historical Turkic and Mongolic honorific title, in origin a term for "hero", "valiant warrior", "brave". The Papal envoy Plano Carpini ( 1185–1252) compared the title with the equivalent of European Knighthood. thumb|Illustration of "Koblandy Batyr," a Kazakh [[epic poem, on a Soviet stamp (1988).]] The word was common among the Mongols and became especially widespread, as an honorific title, in the Mongol Empire in the 13th century; the title persisted in its successor-states, and later came to be adopted also as a regnal title in the Ilkhanate

thumb|Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was referred to as the "rais"

elected village head in villages of Turkey

Indo-Iranian honorific term

Ottoman Turkish title and naval rank

Çavuş, also anglicized Chaush and Chiaus (from / ; ; from Old Turkic Çabuş or Çawuş, "person who gives order or yells") was an Ottoman title used for two separate soldier professions, both acting as messengers although differing in levels. It was a rank below agha and kethüda (from Persian, kad-khuda, "magistrate"), in units such as the Janissaries and Sipahi, and was also a term for members of the specialized unit of çavuşān (, also çavuşiyye, çavuş(an)-i divan(i)) consisting of combined cavalry and infantry serving the Imperial Council (as in Ottoman Egypt). The leaders of the council's çavu