Beg

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Beg is a historical Turkic and Central Asian noble title denoting a chieftain, lord, or high-ranking official.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Beg canonical 7
atabeg 1
beg 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Asian title ⓘ
Turkic title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
appearsIn Ottoman administrative hierarchy ⓘ
Seljuk administrative hierarchy ⓘ
contrastedWith Khan as higher-ranking title in some contexts ⓘ
culturalContext Islamic Central Asian polities ⓘ
Turkic nomadic traditions ⓘ
denotes chieftain ⓘ
high-ranking official ⓘ
lord ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Old Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Old Turkic language
function administrative leadership ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ
tribal leadership ⓘ
genderAssociation male ⓘ
hasAlternativeForm Bek ⓘ
Bey ⓘ
Beğ ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern era ⓘ
medieval era ⓘ
honorificUse form of address for respected men ⓘ
linguisticDescendant modern Turkish surname element "Bey" ⓘ
place names in Turkic regions ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
relatedTitle Agha ⓘ
Emir ⓘ
linked to: Emirs

Khan ⓘ
semanticField authority ⓘ
leadership ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
socialRank aristocracy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
titleFor local rulers ⓘ
provincial governors ⓘ
tribal chiefs ⓘ
usedBy Oghuz Turks ⓘ
linked to: Oghuz

Ottoman Turks ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Turk

Seljuk Turks ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire

Timurid elites ⓘ
linked to: Timurid aristocracy

various Central Asian khanates ⓘ
usedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Turkic societies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nogai Khan → title → beg ⓘ
linked to: Beg
Han → relatedTitle → Beg ⓘ
Beg Khan → hasComponent → Beg ⓘ
Atabegs of Samtskhe → title → atabeg ⓘ
subject linked to: atabegs of Samtskhe
linked to: Beg