Subaşi was an Ottoman gubernatorial title used to describe different positions within Ottoman hierarchy, depending on the context.

This title was given to sanjak-bey

Sanjak-bey

Sanjak-bey, Sanjaq-bey or -beg was the Turkish title of the Bey in military and administrative command of a sanjak , answerable to a Wāli or other provincial governor. In a few cases the Sanjak-Bey was himself a governor directly answering to Istanbul....

s of Ottoman sanjak

Sanjak

Sanjaks were administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Sanjak, and the variant spellings sandjak, sanjaq, and sinjaq, are English transliterations of the Turkish word sancak, meaning district, banner, or flag...

s which generated more than 15,000 asper

Akçe

thumb|250px|AkçeA silver coin, the akçe was the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire. The word "akçe" is derived from the Greek "" , the name of a Byzantine silver or billon coin, current in the region that eventually became the Ottoman Empire. The akçe is hence often called asper in English...

s per annum or to the assistants of the sanjabey. The term was also used for commander of the town or castle in Ottoman Empire, an ancient version of chief of police.

A surname found among Balkan

Balkans

The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...

families, Subaša or Subašić, is derived from the Subaşi title.