Uç Bey
An Uç Bey or Uch Bey (, ) was the title given to semi-autonomous warrior chieftains during the Sultanate of Rum and the Rise of the Ottoman Empire. As leaders of "akinji" warrior bands, they played a leading role during the conquests of the Byzantine Empire and the other Christian states of the Balkans.

The term is analogous to Persian "marzban" or Western European margrave. Uç Beys were proclaimed ghazis and as a rule were dervishes. After Michael VIII Palaiologos removed the "akritai" and the land grants through which they survived, many Byzantine renegades went over to Ottoman service (cf. the so-called "Renegade thesis").

Rumelia's first "Uç Bey" was Lala Şahin Pasha, who conquered Edirne, Boruj, Plovdiv, and was later the beylerbey of the Rumelia Eyalet. Pasha Yiğit Bey was an "Uç Bey" from Skopje to the Serbian and Greek lands, advancing to Bosnia and the Morea.
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Sultanate of Rum
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Rise of the Ottoman Empire
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akinji
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Byzantine Empire
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marzban
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ghazi
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akritai
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Rumelia
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Lala Şahin Pasha
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Edirne
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Boruj
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Plovdiv
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beylerbey
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Pasha Yiğit Bey
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Skopje
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Morea
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Uç Bey
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