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Bey is the Turkish word for "chieftain". In historical accounts, many Turkish and Persian leaders are betitled bey, beg or beigh. They are all the same word with the simple meaning of "leader".

Note that the first three rulers of the Ottoman Empire were entiled bey and not sultan which came in use first after 1383.

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