noun
- plural of bey; Turkish provincial governors or high-ranking officials in the Ottoman Empire
Usage: historical
Examples
- The beys controlled vast territories within the Ottoman Empire.
- Local beys often wielded considerable power in their provinces.
- The sultan appointed trusted beys to govern distant regions.
- Many beys accumulated great wealth through taxation and trade.
- The influence of the beys declined as the empire modernized.
- Historical records document the rivalries between different beys.