Definition of Pashas. Meaning of Pashas. Synonyms of Pashas

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Definition of Pashas

Pasha
Pasha Pa*sha", n. [Turk. p[=a]sh[=a], b[=a]sh[=a]; cf. Per. b[=a]sh[=a], b[=a]dsh[=a]h; perh. a corruption of Per. p[=a]dish[=a]h. Cf. Bashaw, Padishah, Shah.] An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.] Note: There are three classes of pashas, whose rank is distinguished by the number of the horsetails borne on their standards, being one, two, or three, a pasha of three tails being the highest.
pasha
Bashaw Ba*shaw", n. [See Pasha.] 1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha. 2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.

Meaning of Pashas from wikipedia

- Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral of the Ottoman fleet). Pashas ranked above Beys and Aghas, but below Khedives and Viziers. Three grades of Pasha existed...
- The Three Pashas The Three Pashas, also known as the Young Turk triumvirate or CUP triumvirate, consisted of Mehmed Talaat Pasha, the Grand Vizier (prime...
- within Iraq. The Porte sometimes emplo**** force to depose the recalcitrant pashas of Baghdad, but the Mamluks were able to retain their hold of the pashalik...
- of the dictatorial triumvirate known as the "Three Pashas" (along with Talaat Pasha and Cemal Pasha) in the Ottoman Empire. While stationed in Ottoman...
- Ali Pasha was the name of numerous Ottoman pashas named Ali. It is most commonly used to refer to Ali Pasha of Ioannina.[citation needed] Çandarlı Ali...
- reduced in rank and granted to the wali of Rhodes in 1848. The Kapudan Pashas retained their rank, but were thereafter solely military servicemen. A total...
- Beylerbeys, Pashas and Deys of the Regency of Algiers: Oruç Barbarossa 1517-1518 Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Khidr Reis 1518-1545 Hasan Pasha 1545-1566 (son...
- Ferhat Pasha may refer to: Serdar Ferhad Pasha (or Ferhat Pasha), Ottoman, twice grand vizier Treaty of Constantinople (1590), or Treaty of Ferhad Pasha Ferhad...
- Dervish Pasha could refer to the following Ottoman statesmen: Darwish Pasha (governor of Damascus), governor of Damascus in 1571–1574 Dervish Mehmed Pasha the...
- Empire, consisting of Talaat, Enver, and Ahmed Cemal (known as the Three Pashas) of whom Talaat was its civilian leader. Talaat and Enver were influential...