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Tableau général de l'Empire othoman. Tome 3
par M. de Mouradgea d'Ohsson, c.1787
179. PASCHA, à trois queues de cheval.
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France
In d'Ohsson's period, provincial governors-general were paşas of the highest rank, symbolized by their standards with three horsetails. They had to have immense households and private armies in order to assume their offices, which were among the annual appointments.