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Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

hierarchy. Depending on the suffix or prefix it had different meanings. The English language translation of the word is a ''

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Treasurer

The chief headed the personnel of the sultan's treasury. s subordinated to the chief had a title of . ''

Kalfa Kalfa ( Turkish for 'apprentice, assistant master') was a general term in the Ottoman Empire for the women attendants and supervisors in service in the imperial palace. Novice girls had to await promotion to the rank of . It was a rank below t ...

'' is Turkish for 'apprentice'. was the title of the chief eunuch treasurer.

Lord (housemistress) of the sultan's palace and harem

The high or first or was a title for the housemistress of the sultan's palace, the most influential person after the prince. There were other s in the Ottoman hierarchy (the second, third...) who were subordinated to the first , hence referred to as ('superintendent'). Only the first could approach the sultan and other nobility, while the second, third and other s served the first .

References

{{Reflist, 30em Ottoman titles Civil servants from the Ottoman Empire