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- noun Plural form of
pashalic .
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Examples
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Great Desert and the shore, and now held by the pashalics of Tunis and
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
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Servia was formally incorporated into the Turkish Empire and was divided into pashalics.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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At the suggestion of Lord Cowley, the Porte promised to send letters to five different pashalics where there were Protestants, requiring them to act in accordance with the letter; in which was granted the privilege of toleration to all Protestant subjects alike, whether from the Armenian, Greek, Syrian, or Roman Catholic Churches, or from the Jews.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. Rufus Anderson 1838
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He procured, however, pashalics for his two sons, the younger of whom, Velhi, saved sufficient money in his first government to buy the pashalic of the Morea, with the dignity of vizier, for which he paid seventy-five thousand pounds sterling.
The Life of Lord Byron Galt, John, 1779-1839 1830
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