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Boluk-bashi (Turkish: bölükbaşı) was an Ottoman officer rank equivalent to captain (see Military of the Ottoman Empire). The holder was in command of a bölük, a sub-division of a regiment. It was higher than oda-bashi (lieutenant).

Royal Corps of Colonial Troops

In the Royal Corps of Colonial Troops of the Italian Royal Army, it was known as bulucbasci and was the equivalent to the rank of sergeant.

Serbian hajduks

Further information: Serbian hajduks

It was adopted by the Serbian hajduks and into the Serbian Revolutionary Army as buljubaša (Serbian Cyrillic: буљубаша) or buljukbaša (буљукбаша).

People such as Janko Gagić, Arsenije Loma, Konda Bimbaša, Zeka Buljubaša, Veljko Petrović and Petar Dobrnjac had the rank of buljubaša in the prelude and during the Serbian Revolution.

Notable people

Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher
Zerrin Bölükbaşı, Turkish sculptor
Iliaș Colceag (fl. 1710–1743), Moldavian
Abdul Bölükbaşı (fl. 1821), Tripolitsa
Yahya bey Dukagjini (1498–1582), Albanian

See also

References

Charles L. Wilkins (2010). Forging Urban Solidarities: Ottoman Aleppo 1640-1700. BRILL. p. 293. ISBN 90-04-16907-5.