amir-hejub | Grand Chamberlain. |
amir-spasalar | Commander-in-Chief of the Army. |
atabek | "father-guardian". |
azat | Arm./Iran. literally "free", designation for lesser gentry. |
bahatur | "hero". |
basqaq | "tax collector". |
didebul | Georg. "great one", high noble. |
elchi | envoy, ambassador. |
eristav | Georg. "duke", head of a province. |
hayrenik' | Arm. "patrimony", a form of landhold. |
Il-Khan | Mong. subordinate Khan, a title of the Khan of Iran (i.e., subordinate to the Great Khan). |
inju | Mong. "demesne", a landhold directly tributary to the Khan or members of the Khan's family. |
jizya | poll-tax, originally on non-Muslims. |
kat'oghikos | head of the Armenian Church. |
kesik (toyk) | "imperial guard". |
kharaj | land tax. |
khatun | "queen, princess, lady". |
mal | "property, cattle, tax". |
mandat'urt'-uxuc'es | Georg. "High Marshall" of the Georgian Court. |
mecatun | Arm. literally "of a great House", wealthy merchant. |
msaxurt'-uxuc'es | Georg. Treasurer of the Georgian Court. |
naxarar | Arm. "noble". |
noyin | "general, commander, official". |
paiza | tablet of authority. |
quriltai | national assembly. |
sahib-divan | Minister of Finance. |
shahna | "guards". |
taghar | a tax in kind. |
tanuter | Arm. "lord of the House". |
ter | Arm. "lord", secular and clerical. |
tumen | 10,000 troops. |
tun | Arm. "House, clan, family". |
vardapet | Arm. doctor of the Armenian Church. |
yarligh | "decree, order, law". |
yasax | code of law. |
yayla | "pasturing grounds". |