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Also known as Beğ
türkischer Herrschertitel
A bey is a Turkic title historically used for chieftains and aristocratic rulers who governed various regions across Central Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Europe, and South Asia in empires and kingdoms like the Ottomans and Timurids. The term, which has multiple spelling variations, designated people of special lineage who held authority over areas of different sizes within these Turkic political systems.
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- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10111, Paris, Bey von Thunis mit Ehrenwache.jpg
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Bey (ursprünglich Beg; persisch und osmanisch بگ Beg bzw. Beyg; arabisch بك Bek) ist ein türkischer Herrschertitel, gleichbedeutend mit dem arabischen Titel amīr. Die weibliche Entsprechung ist Begum.
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