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| | Pasha - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Pasha (or pascha, bashaw; Turkish: paşa) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals. |
 | | Three grades of pasha existed, distinguished by the number of horse-tails (three, two and one respectively) to which the bearer was entitled to display as symbols of authority when on campaign. |
 | | Etymologists variously derive the word pasha from the Persian padshah, Turkish padishah, equivalent to "king" or "emperor", and from the Turkish bash (in some dialects pash), a "head", "chief", etc. |
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