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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.



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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".


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