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‖ vali|vaˈliː|
[Turk. (Arab.) valī. Cf. wali.]
A civil governor of a Turkish province or vilayet.
The form valiè occurs in the transl. of Chardin's Coronat. Solyman (1686) 34.
1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. v. iii. 139 Vachtanga..ought..to have succeeded him in the dignity of vali of Georgia. 1875R. Wilson tr. Figuier's Hum. Race 284 A vali and council is at the head of the administration of each government or ‘vilayet’. 1897Outing XXIX. 387 The Vali,..like nearly all Turkish officials,..had discarded the Turkish costume. 1903Times 5 Sept. 8/6 The corrupt and inefficient government of the Vali of Beirut.
Hence vaˈliship, the office or position of a vali.
1907Times 17 Jan. 3/6 It may have been right to depose Kiamil from his Valiship. |