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satrap
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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satrap governor of a province in ancient Persia. XIV. — (O)F.
satrape or L.
satrapa,
satrapēs — Gr.
satrápēs, also
exatrápēs, of Iranian orig.; cf. OPers.
χšaçapāvan- satrap, f.
χšaça- (:- *
χšaθra-) Kingdom +
pā- protect.
So
satrapy (
-Y3) XVII.
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The So-called "Great Satrap's Revolt," 366-360 B.C.: Concerning Local Instability in the Achaemenid Far West.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...episodes began in 367, when the satraps Autophrates of Lydia and Ariobarzanes...fashion, Greek perception of satraps as rebels represented Mausolus...Finally, in 363 Orontes, former satrap of Armenia, demoted to local...93). In sum, the "Great Satraps' Revolt" is essentially an...
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My satrap, your sachem, his avatar
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/24/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...trying to be helpful, "a satrap is like a sachem, except for...looked things up. The first satrap was the governor of a province...Jeb Bush is a re-elected satrap, and Sen. Edward Kennedy...writers throw us sachems and satraps for the sheer hell of it...
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The statesman, not regional satrap
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 10/3/2003; ; 598 words
; ...president, the Indian premier was calm and controlled; more the world statesman concerned with global issues than a regional satrap bringing a neighborhood quarrel to the world body. He did not even touch on the issue of Kashmir at the outset of his speech...
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Sham Shuffle Cosmetic changes at the top can hardly be the answer to the organisational disarray of the Congress in most states where Sonia Gandhi is hesitant in disturbing well-entrenched satraps
Newspaper article from: India Today; 1/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Congress formed the government at the Centre. Established satraps continue to be in saddle with the only casualty being Satyavrat...primarily due to severe infighting in all state units backed by the satraps. Former chief ministers Ashok Gehlot, Shankersinh Vaghela...
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The official top ten ; Yesterday's fat-cat can be today's mouse. Today's state satrap is tomorrow's kingmaker. Hierarchy continues to be sabotaged by political power.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 3/16/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...colleagues. Alas, occupancy of Lutyen's sprawling bungalows no longer offers automatic access to the levers of power. State satraps and regional chieftains are increasingly the ones who exercise influence, way beyond the borders of the state or region they...
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 "Economic Times (New Delhi, India)")
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Satraps give Maharajah that sinking feeling.
Newspaper article from: Economic Times (New Delhi, India); 3/18/2005; 700+ words
; Byline: G Ganapathy Subramaniam Mar. 18--NEW DELHI -- The Maharajah is finally getting the jitters. Waking up to competition blues, the national carrier has admitted that it will have to face new challenges -- much different from existing ones -- once Jet Airways and Air Sahara roll out their
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 "Mail Today (New Delhi, India)")
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BJP satraps foil RSS effort to organise succession.
Newspaper article from: Mail Today (New Delhi, India); 11/2/2009; 577 words
; DEATH and defeat brings the family together to commiserate. But in the badly bruised BJP parivar, yet another electoral rout has merely added fuel to the fire that is raging within the party -- the battle to grab the leftover assets of that once promising party. Anywhere else, such a downward
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The oil satrap; Face value.(David Woodward, director of British Petroleum operations in Azerbaijan)(Interview)(Company Profile)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/11/2005; 700+ words
; David Woodward and being a giant in a small country FOR much of the 18th century the managers of the mighty East India Company were also said to be the de facto rulers of chunks of the Indian subcontinent. These days, perhaps the only foreign organisation with so big a say in the affairs of the
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Documents trap shoora satraps
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/23/2006; 556 words
; NEW DELHI, India, June 23 -- THE DOCUMENTS submitted to the Registrar of Societies and Chits for approval of the new shoora (governing council of a madarsa) has trapped the new office-bearers of the city's oldest seminary in financial irregularities. In the set of documents, the new team headed by
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The battle cry of the satraps ; To gauge the mood of the electorate in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, India Today commissioned a nationwide survey which suggests that the 15th General Election is set for the closest-ever finish.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 4/13/2009; ; 700+ words
; Making predictions, someone said, is a difficult task, especially when it is about the future. Trying to forecast the Lok Sabha elections, the largest electoral exercise in the world, involving 543 constituencies, seven national parties, 47 state parties and nearly 900 smaller parties registered
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satrap
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
satrap , governor of a...and duties of his satraps in the 6th cent. BC; the number of satraps varied from 20...checked up on the satrap. The king also...fixed sum upon each satrap. Alexander the...taken from the satraps, who lost the...
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Darius I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Darius also appointed the satrap's second-in-command...commanders independent of the satrap were stationed strategically...empire was organized on the satrap system, but the results were...no standing army. At need, satraps involved were ordered to raise...
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Artaxerxes II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...mother and relied heavily upon his officials; in addition, the satraps Pharnabazus and Tissaphernes had real ruling power. They managed...accomplished nothing. A formidable and longlasting revolt of the satraps (among them Mausolus) against the king was put down just...
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Alcibiades
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...king, and c.413 he fled to the protection of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes and then sought to return to Athens. After the...was ignored. In 404 at the behest of Lysander, the Persian satrap Pharnabazus had Alcibiades murdered.
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Azerbaijan and Azeris
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...Great conquered the Achaemenid Kingdom, retaining Persian satraps to govern as his forces advanced eastward. According to one...Azerbaijan is derived from the name of Alexander's original satrap, Atropatanes. Another explanation traces the origin of the...
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