This lymphatic monster had once blocked the distinguished pharynx of Lord Blatherard Osmo, who at the time occupied the Novy Pazar desk at the Foreign Office, an obscure penance for the previous century of British policy on the Eastern Question, for on this obscure sanjak had once hinged the entire fate of Europe.
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Sanjak — and Sandjak (other variants: sinjaq, sanjaq) are the most common English transcriptions of the Turkish word sancak , which literally means a banner, flag . [ [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sanjak Dictionary.com Sanjak entry] ] In Arabic… … Wikipedia
Sanjak — San jak, n. [Turk. sanj[=a]g.] A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [Turkey] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sanjak — Ein Sandschak (türk. Sancak, serb. Sandžak, arab. Transkription im Englischen: Sanjak, türk. Originalbedeutung „Fahne“) war im Osmanischen Reich eine Unterabteilung in der Provinzialverwaltung. Der Sandschak hat seinen Namen vom Feldzeichen der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
sanjak — n. division of a vilayet. ♦ sanjakbeg, ♦ sanjakbey, n. governor of sanjak … Dictionary of difficult words
Sanjak of Albania — sanjak of the Ottoman Empire … Wikipedia
Sanjak de Smederevo — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Sanjak de Smederevo (Pashaluk de Belgrado) en 1791 El Sanjak de Smederevo Serbio: Smederevski sandžak o Смедеревски санџак, Turco: Semendire Sancağı), también conocido como el Bajalato de Belgrado, fue una unión… … Wikipedia Español
Sanjak of Syrmia — (Turkish: Sirem sancağı , Serbian: Sremski sandžak or Сремски санџак, Croatian: Srijemski sandžak ) was an administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1541. It was located in the Syrmia region and was part of the Budin Province.… … Wikipedia
Sanjak-bey — Sanjak bey, Sanjaq bey or beg was the Turkish title of the Bey (high officer, but usually not a Pasha) in military and administrative command of a sanjak (usually a district, answerable to a Wali or other provincial governor. In a few cases the… … Wikipedia
Sanjak of Smederevo — The Sanjak of Smederevo (Serbian: Smederevski sandžak or Смедеревски санџак , Turkish: Semendire Sancağı ), also known as the Pashaluk of Belgrade, was an Ottoman administrative unit (sanjak), that existed between the 15th and the outset of the… … Wikipedia
Sanjak of Novi Pazar — The Sanjak of Novi Pazar (Serbian, Bosnian: Новопазарски санџак, Novopazarski sandžak ; Turkish: Yeni Pazar sancağı ; Albanian: Sanxhaku i Pazarit të Ri ; English also Sanjak of Novibazar) was an Ottoman sanjak (second level administrative unit)… … Wikipedia
