# beylerbey

> during the Safavid Empire and Ottoman Empire period, the person who was the head of the sanjak beys and ruled the province; also a high-ranking official in the Mongol hordes after their Islamization

**Wikidata**: [Q740406](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740406)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beylerbey)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/beylerbey


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/beylerbeyi)
3. [Source](http://www.oed.com/dictionary/beglerbeg_n)