Citations:Chawushes

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English citations of Chawushes

Noun: plural of Chawush ("chiaus")

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• 1888, Stanley Lane-Poole, Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, Arthur Gilman, Turkey, London: T. Fisher Unwin, →OCLC, page 284:

  The Chawushes or Heralds formed a corps of six hundred and thirty men, divided into fifteen companies; they marched first in all the imperial processions. Whenever the Sultan made his appearance in state the Heralds shouted the Alkish or Acclaim, the Turkish equivalent to Vive le Roi; it was: "God give long life to our lord the Pādishāh!"

• 1889 October, Frank H. Tyrrell, “The Turkish army of the olden time”, in The Asiatic Quarterly Review‎^[1], volume 8, London: T. Fisher Unwin, →OCLC, page 403:

  The Sultan's Household troops formed a class apart; for though connected with the standing army, they were looked on more as a department of the Court than a division of the army. […] The Imperial Chawushes (sergeants) were a similar body, four or five hundred strong. In time of war they acted as guides to the army, marechaux-de-camp, provosts and gallopers; in time of peace as messengers and ushers of the Court.

• 1909, Claude Delaval Cobham, Travels in the Island of Cyprus, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, translation of Viaggi per l'isola di Cipro e per la Soria e Palestina by Giovanni Mariti, →OCLC, page 7:

  The suite of the Muhassil is composed of the Khasnadar or treasurer, the Kiaya or secretary, and other subaltern charges entrusted to the Chawushes who are his personal guards, and the Choqadars men about the court, who have different duties. Their number is not fixed, but there are generally from 100 to 150, and they have their own chiefs called Bash-Chawush and Bash-Choqadar.