Binbashi
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A binbashi, alternatively bimbashi, (from Turkish: Binbaşı, "chief of a thousand", "chiliarch") is a major in the Turkish army, of which term originated in the Ottoman army. The title was also used for a major in the Khedivial Egyptian army as Bimbashi (1805–1953). It was also used by the Serbian revolutionaries as Bimbaša (Serbian Cyrillic: Бимбаша) in 1804–1817.
The collar mark (later shoulder mark) and cap (until 1933) of a Binbaşı had two stripes and one star during the early years of the Turkish Republic.
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[edit]- Dictionary.com, Binbashi entry[failed verification]
- Dunn, John P. "Khedive Ismail's Army" Routledge Press, 2005, p. 156 [failed verification]