سلطات النائب في ارتريا العثمانية
About a century following Ozdemir Pasha's conquest of the ports of Massawa and Hergigo in1557, the Ottoman authorities devolved power to a locally potent family of the Bejja-descended Balaws and appointed it chief as "Na'ib" or deputy. By the middle of the 18th century the Na'ibs were able to develop their political power, impose their authority, in a vast area extending from the Red Sea coast to the highland plateau....
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https://www.academia.edu/2641432/_Power_without_Pashas_the_anatomy_of_Na_ib_autonomy_in_Ottoman_Eritrea_17th-19th_c._2007_
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