Derbendci
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Derbendci is a noun meaning The guards charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax relief.
Meaning
The guards charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax relief.
Example Sentences
The derbendci, inadequate in number, could not cope with the new situation.
Entire villages were often charged with the derbendci duty and consequently exempted from certain taxes.
These exemptions were similar to those granted to the derbendci, men who guarded roads and mountain passes.
The derbendci, some two thousand families of Rumelia, acted as guards of mountain passes, bridges, and other strategic locations in exchange for tax relief and represent a transition from real fighters to auxiliary forces.
Word Forms
- derbendcis
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dufterdar, gendarme, defterdar, redif, ribat, debite.
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