Definition of Beyliks

1. beylik [n] - See also: beylik

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beyliks

bewriting
bewritten
bewrote
bewrought
bewry
bexarotene
bey
beya
beyearn
beyelp
beylerbey
beylerbeys
beylic
beylics
beylik
beyliks (current term)
beyond a reasonable doubt
beyond any doubt
beyond belief
beyond control
beyond doubt(p)
beyond measure
beyond one's ken
beyond one's pay grade
beyond question
beyond the black stump
beyond the pale
beyond the sea
beyondness

Literary usage of Beyliks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography by Ralph W. Brauer, . (1995)
"Simultaneously there emerged a number of essentially pirate beyliks along the western and southern coasts of Asia Minor—Sarukhan, Aydin, Karasi, Tekke, ..."

2. Turkey in Europe by James Baker (1877)
"... and beyliks—military grants of land carrying with them the obligation of providing a military force for the service of the State in case of need. ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Finally they themselves instituted little by little vast fiefs under the name of beyliks, which were founded on the principle of peasant servitude. ..."

4. A Manual of Ancient History, from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by George Rawlinson (1871)
"Africa Proper corresponded nearly to the two modern beyliks of Tunis and Tripoli. It extended along the shore Africa fr°m ..."

5. The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 by Kenneth Meyer Setton (1984)
"On the Turcoman principalities in Asia Minor, note Osman Turan, "Anatolia in the Period of the Seljuks and the beyliks," in PM Holt, AKS Lambton, ..."

6. History of the Ottoman Turks: From the Beginning of Their Empire to the by Edward Shepherd Creasy (1878)
"... comprehended upwards of five hundred acres;2 and there was a still higher class of fiefs, called beyliks or lordships. The general name for the holders ..."

7. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"Total 18 i According to Africanus 26 253, Eusebius 252; 253 263. the sum being really 1 The same division of Egypt into 12 provinces or beyliks was retained ..."

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