Ağa
Chief; master; head servant of a household
Akritai
Byzantine frontier troops
Acâriz
extra-ordinary taxes levied on the reâyâ in times of emergency
Baba
Father
Baş kadîn
"head women", the first women of the Palace harem--> to bear the sultan a son
Bedestan
A covered market for the sale of valuable goods
Bey
1. Prince, ruler of an independent principality. 2. Governor of a district
Beylerbeyi
"Bey of the Beys", governor of a beylerbeyilik. The highest rank in the provincial government of the Ottoman empire.
Beylerbeyilik
