PLATE XVIII.
SU BA L T E RN O F F I C E R
OF TH E JA N N IS SA R IE S .
T he whole body of- Jannissaries is divided into one hundred and'
one companies, or ort^s, in nnmerical order; .and each, o f them
has its different officers, who are equally attached tp the army and
the kitchen. The Tchorbadgi, or colonels of companies, signify
givers of soup. T h e . AehetchbBachi, arc majors, and principal
officers of the kitchen. Each company has one; and he, who is
attached to the Jannissary Aga, is major-general. This plate represents
an inferior officer of the corps, yrho is in the. act of taking
down the names of the men as they pass. This is the common
mode of writing among the Turks, who seldom use a table.
