A binbashi is a major in the Turkish army, or a former rank in Turkish army.
A bimbashi was a military title in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. It referred to a rank equivalent to a major in the army. The term was also used in the British Army to refer to Egyptian officers serving in native regiments.
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