- Binbashi
Binbashi or Bimbashi (from Turkish: "Binbaşı" "chief of a thousand") is a major in the Turkish army. The title was also used, spelled "Bimbashi", as a major in the Egyptian army in the era of Khedivial Egypt.
References
* [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/binbashi Dictionary.com - Binbashi entry]
* [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0714657042&id=kK2cjAhojt8C&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&ots=DZpieYlZOZ&dq=bimbashi%2Bturkish%2Bbinbashi&sig=Tu9p8WQbX7QEU3nhKf8bTbmJfS8 Dunn, John P. "Khedive Ismail's Army" Routledge Press, 2005.]ee also
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Military of the Ottoman Empire
*Turkish Army
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