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Ranking Structure
These titles could have different meaning
in different areas or types of unit.Basically, however, ranks ran
as follows
| Administrative Officers
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| Nazır |
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Supervisor of a Crops |
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| Ağa |
: |
Commander of a regimentor large
unit |
| Kethüda |
: |
Lieutenant or assistant to
a commanding officer |
| Kethüda Yeri |
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| Executive Officers |
| Katib |
: |
Chief Scribe |
| Çavuş Başı |
: |
Sergeant-Major |
| Kapuçu |
: |
Chief Orderly |
| Operational Offices
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| Çorbacı |
: |
Colonel |
| Odabaşı |
: |
Colonel's Assistant |
| Vakilharç |
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Commissary |
| Bayraktar |
: |
Standard Bearer |
| Aşçı başı |
: |
Chief Cook |
| Saki |
: |
Water Bearer |
These last three were middle-ranking field officers.There
were also various mülazim and kullukçu, junior officers or orderlies,
and çavuş ( sergeant or disciplinary officer)
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