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atabegates

atabegates is the plural of atabegate.

Meaning of atabegate

Noun

atabegate (plural atabegates)

  1. (historical) The realm administered by an atabeg.
    • Zangī's southward advance threatened both the atabegate of Damascus and the kingdom of Jerusalem, and was met by an informal alliance between the two.1970, Bernard Lewis, The Cambridge History of Islam, Vol. 1A, Pt. II, §2: "Egypt and Syria", p. 200
  2. (historical) The office of atabeg, in his role as tutor to a crown prince or as warlord.
    • While the sultan thus hoped to retain the nominal allegiance of the great amīrs through the atabegate, they, on the other hand, saw in it a means to establish their virtual independence.1954, Ann K.S. Lambton, Theory and Practice in Medieval Persian Government, page 243

Questions about atabegates

What is atabegates the plural of?
Atabegates is the plural of atabegate.

Words near atabegates in the dictionary

  1. atabals
  2. atabaque
  3. atabaques
  4. atabeg
  5. atabegate
  6. atabegates
  7. atabegs
  8. atabek
  9. atabeks
  10. atabey
  11. atabeys

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