vali

vali — noun

1. In the Ottoman Empire, the highest-ranking administrator of a vilayet, appointed

1.名詞C2
釋義

In the Ottoman Empire, the highest-ranking administrator of a vilayet, appointed directly by the sultan to manage the province's government, security, and tax collection.

例句

The vali of Damascus collected taxes from merchants at the city gates every market day.

countable: the vali of [place name]

A new vali arrived in Aleppo with three hundred soldiers to govern the province.

countable: a vali arrived in [place]

同義詞
  • governor-general

    A broader term for a colonial or imperial province administrator; vali is specific to Ottoman vilayets.

  • beylerbey

    An earlier Ottoman rank that governed larger eyalets; vali replaced beylerbey in the 1864 Vilayet Law.

用法筆記

The word is only used in historical writing about the Ottoman Empire. Do not confuse with wali (a Muslim saint or governor in other Islamic contexts), though the two words share an Arabic root.

常見錯誤

❌The vali of Egypt reported to the Ottoman sultan.
✅The governor of Egypt (or khedive) reported to the Ottoman sultan.
💡Egypt was a khedivate, not a vilayet; its ruler was not called a vali.
❌The Turkish vali visited the village.
✅The Ottoman vali visited the village.
💡In modern Turkish, vali means a provincial governor in the Republic of Turkey, which is a different role.