SANJAK-BEY

'Sanjak-bey, Sanjaq-bey or -beg' was the Turkish title of the Bey (high officer, but usually not a Pasha) in military and administrative command of a ''sanjak'' (usually a district, answerable to a ''Wali'' or other provincial governor. In a few cases the Sanjak-Bey was himself a governor directly answering to Istanbul.