Pasha

For other uses, see Pasha (disambiguation).
"Paşa" redirects here. For the footballer, see Cahit Paşa.

Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: پاشا; Turkish: paşa; Arabic: باشا, romanized: basha)[a] was a high rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitaries, and others. 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.[3][4]

  1. ^ Edward Gibbon. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 68, etal [1] Archived 2019-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Twain, Mark (1869). The Innocents Abroad. pp. Chapter 42."Pacha" used as spelling in this text
  3. ^ Benzakour, Fouzia; Gaadi, Driss; Queffélec, Ambroise (2000). Le Français au Maroc: Lexique et contacts de langues. De Boeck Supérieur. ISBN 9782801112601.
  4. ^ Belghazi, Taieb (2006). "Festivalization of Urban Space in Morocco". Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies. 15 (1): 97–107. doi:10.1080/10669920500515168. S2CID 145764601.


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