Bey

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title: Bey
text: Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and an honorific 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, and the Middle East, such as the Ottomans, Timurids or the various khanates and emirates in Central Asia and the Eurasian Steppe. The feminine equivalent title was begum. The regi
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description: Honorific title in Turkic languages
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bey
date created: 2003-04-27T07:06:52Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T19:55:03Z
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