binbashi
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thumb|left|150px|Binbaşı shoulder mark of modern-day Turkish Armed Forces
A binbashi, alternatively bimbashi, (from , "chief of a thousand", "chiliarch") is a major in the Turkish army, of which term originated in the Ottoman army. The title was also used for a major in the Khedivial Egyptian army as Bimbashi (1805–1953). It was also used by the Serbian revolutionaries as Bimbaša () in 1804–1817.
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