Harambaša () was the rank for a senior commander of a hajduk band (brigand gangs).
Etymology It is derived from the Turkish word for 'bandit leader' ( < 'bandit' + 'head') and, like some other Ottoman Turkish titles, was adopted into the irregular militias of Montenegrin, Serbian, and Croatian rebels (bimbaša, serdar, buljubaša).
Usage Montenegrin hajduks Serbian hajduks Military Frontier: Seressaners, Pandurs, and others. Serbian Revolution, most of the supreme commanders were former harambaša's Military of Principality of Montenegro Serbian Orthodox tradition of Čuvari Hristovog Groba ("Keepers of Christ's Grave") in Vrlika, Croatia
See also Harambašić, Serbian, Croatian and Bosniak surname Hussar, Hungarian origin light cavalry in Europe, word meaning "the best of twenty" or in Slavic etymology "pirate" Vojvoda, a civil and military administrator of Serbs in the Habsburg Monarchy Korun Aramija Ataman
References Hanka Vajzović 1999, Orijentalizmi u književnom djelu: lingvistička analiza, : "harambaša m (tur. harami basi) = vođa hajduka, odmetnika," The Military Museum, 1968, Fourteen centuries of struggle for freedom, Belgrade (Serbia). Vojni muzej Jugoslovenske narodne armije, p. xxvii