The greater _Mollas_ were in six groups: the _Kaziasker_ of Rumelia; the _Kaziasker_ of Anatolia; the judge of Constantinople; the judges of Mecca and Medina; the judges of Adrianople, Brusa, Cairo, and Damascus; and the judges of the three suburbs of Constantinople,—Galata, Scutari, and Eyub,—and of Jerusalem, Smyrna, Aleppo, Larissa, and Salonica. These seventeen were in later times nominated by the _Mufti_ for approval by the grand vizier and confirmation by the sultan; in Suleiman’s time the members of the last four groups were nominated by the _Kaziaskers_ subject to the approval of the pashas.[681] Their positions were originally held for life, or until promotion, or during good behavior; and they rose by promotion from group to group. Each had a number of assistants, clerks, book-keepers, treasurers, and the like. They seem to have had superior jurisdiction over the inhabitants, and control of the lesser judges, in the entire dominion of the officer of local government—_Beylerbey_ or _Sanjak Bey_—who resided in their city.[682] The _Kaziaskers_ had each a large corps of subordinate officials. They controlled the appointment of the judges of all other classes, subject to the confirmation of the sultan. The five _Ulema_ who held high office near the person of the sultan—his _Hoja_ or teacher, the head physician, the head astrologer, and the two imperial _Imâms_—were reckoned as adjunct members among the _Mollas_ of the first class. They had no small influence on the destiny of the empire, as being the most disinterested and trusted persons who had the ear of the monarch. The lesser _Mollas_ were the judges of the ten cities of second rank,—Marash, Bagdad, Bosna-serai, Sofia, Belgrade, Aintab, Kutaia, Konia, Philippopolis, and Diarbekr. The _Mufettishes_ were five in number, three representing the _vakfs_ in Constantinople that were under the _Mufti_, the grand vizier, and the _Kizlar Agha_, and two representing all three of these exalted officials in Adrianople and Brusa. Cases concerning _vakfs_ that might arise elsewhere were taken before the nearest _Kazi_. The _Kazis_ proper included the vast majority of the judges, to the number, in D’Ohsson’s time, of about four hundred and fifty, who were stationed in smaller cities. About two hundred in Europe, in nine groups, and those in the Crimea and North Africa, were under the authority of the _Kaziasker_ of Rumelia. About two hundred and twenty-five in Asia, in ten groups, and thirty-six in Egypt, in six groups, were under the control of the _Kaziasker_ of Anatolia.[683]