konak

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Examples

• As the troops passed the Konak, the building in the background with a cupola, they sang the Austrian national anthem.

• His konak, a medium-sized whitewashed house, now forms part of the officers' quarters.

• The idea commended itself to the Pasha, and the manager was requested to call forthwith at the Konak on urgent public business.

• Extensive barracks were windowless and tenantless, but the mosque and the Pasha's Konak were in good order.

• Surrendering our horses to the care of the khan keeper, I proceeded to the konak, or government house, to present my letters.