Bimbaša

Bimbaša (Serbian: бимбаша, from Turkish: binbaşı, "chiliarch") was a military rank of the Serbian Army during the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13), adopted from Ottoman usage, traditionally used among the hajduks for commanders. In the initial years, it was lesser in rank than vojvoda (commander, general) and higher than buljubaša (rendered as "captain"). The ranks of kapetan and podvojvoda (sub-vojvoda) were then introduced, among others, and the ranks of bimbaša and buljubaša subsequently were removed from usage by the end of the uprising.

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