atabegate

== English == === Etymology === From atabeg +‎ -ate. === Noun === atabegate (plural atabegates) (historical) The realm administered by an atabeg. 1970, Bernard Lewis, The Cambridge History of Islam, Vol. 1A, Pt. II, §2: "Egypt and Syria", p. 200: Zangī's southward advance threatened both the atabegate of Damascus and the kingdom of Jerusalem, and was met by an informal alliance between the two. (historical) The office of atabeg, in his role as tutor to a crown prince or as warlord. ==== Synonyms ==== (feudal realm): governorate, province, emirate