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- noun Plural form of
bey .
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Examples
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Ginga is a determined beyblader; he will fight 100 beys from the Face Hunters and meet Kyouya. (from: ANN)
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Tosks, live under territorial magnates called beys, who are practically the absolute rulers of their districts.
The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 Third Edition Jacob Gould Schurman 1898
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Berlin: 1922; Der nayer alef-beys (The New Alphabet).
Helene Khatskels. 2009
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Of her gently humorous “Lider fun Khelem” (Chelm poems) and “Lider fun alef-beys” (Poems of the alphabet), some appeared in the periodicals Inzl, Os and Haynt.
Miryam Ulinover. 2009
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That perceived condition opened much of the Mediterranean littoral to the European powers.33 The British and French jostled for the allegiance of the beys who ostensibly ruled North Africa on behalf of the Sublime Porte.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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Invited to an official ceremony by Muhammad Ali, 24 beys and 40 of their subordinates were treacherously killed.
e. Egypt 2001
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Hasan Pasha placed loyal beys in control and departed in October 1787, but by July 1791 the duumvirate of Ibrahim and Murad was back in power and, two years later, again ceased the transfer of tribute to Istanbul.
1774-89 2001
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He had served as a secretary (katib) for the beys for more than 30 years.
1864 2001
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In its aftermath, the Mamluk beys emerged as the dominant political force, while the Ottoman governors became figureheads.
1710-11 2001
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The factional struggle between beys of the Faqariyya and Qasimiyya factions dominated the subsequent history of Egypt in the 18th century.
1710-11 2001
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