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kaymakam

Elected administrative position, head of a district in Turkey
Class type of: ruler, authority, local politician Q1137527

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
military rank, historical profession, elective office, profession[4][5][6]
Country
Ottoman Empire, Turkey[2][3]
Subclass of
ruler, authority, local politician[7][8][9]
Applies to jurisdiction
raion, okrug, municipality[10][11][12]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition[13]
Next higher rank
miralay[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en kaymakam en Title for a district governor in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Lebanon and the Ottoman Empire ar قائم مقام ar قائمقام ar قائممقام de Kaimakam el Καϊμακάμης es Kaimakam es Caimacam fa قائم‌مقام fr caïmacan fr kaymakam fr sous-préfet he קאימקאם (האימפריה העות'מאנית) hu kajmakam hu kajmakám hu kaymakam it Qaimaqam it Caimacam it Kaimakam
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/08v0dv
Oxford Dictionary of English entry ID
3931809928
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
kaymakam
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
caimacam

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🔗 Connections
← Military, police or special rank 9
Nicolae Vogoride, Süleyman Askerî, Teodor Balș, Ali Kılıç, Bekir Fikri, İsmail Hakkı Okday, Mahmut Nedim Hendek, Ömer Lütfi Argeşo +1 more
Applies to jurisdiction 3
municipality, raion, okrug
Subclass of 3
authority, ruler, local politician
Country 2
Turkey, Ottoman Empire
Instance of 2
profession, military rank
Holders of this position 1
Ermeni Suleyman Pasha
Next higher rank 1
miralay
← Authority 1
Akhisar
← Next lower rank 1
miralay
← Occupation 1
Şair Eşref
← Office held by head of government 1
Kızıltepe
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Summary

kaymakam is a military rank[1].

Related Entities

Akhisar Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine. resource.history.org.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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