Kanun, an imperial decree, 152, 158. Kanuni, legislator, 27. Kanun-nameh, a book or collection of laws, 158 ff. Kapu Aghasi (general of the gate), the white eunuch in charge of the principal palace, 126. Kapudan Pasha, an admiral, 189. Kapuji, a gatekeeper, 130. Kapuji-bashi, a head gatekeeper, 126. Kapujilar-kiayasi, a grand chamberlain, 190. Kazi, a judge, 215 ff. Kaziasker (judge of the army), one of the two chief judges of the Ottoman Empire, 220 ff. Ketkhuda, _see_ Kiaya. Kharâj, a tax or tribute in money or kind on lands belonging to non-Moslems, 175. Kharâji, a non-Moslem who pays the kharâj, 41. Khass Oda (private chamber), the highest chamber of pages, 75, 126. Khass, a very large fief, 100. Khatib, a leader of Friday prayers, 206. Khazinehdar-bashi, a treasurer-in-chief, 127. Khazineh-odassi (chamber of the treasury), the second chamber of pages, 127. Khojagan, a chief of a treasury bureau, 168. Khurrem, happy, joyful (a feminine proper name), 57. Kiaya (common form of ketkhuda), a steward or lieutenant, 96 note 4, 125. Kiaya-bey, the lieutenant of the grand vizier, 182 ff. Kiaya Katibi, a private secretary of the Kiaya-bey, 184. Kilerji-bashi, a chief of the sultan’s pantry, 127. Kiler-odassi (chamber of the pantry), the third chamber of pages, 127. Kizlar Aghasi (general of the girls), the black eunuch in charge of the palace of the harem, 125. Koreish, the Arabian tribe of which Mohammed the prophet was a member, 150, 235. Kul, a slave; one of the sultan’s slave-family, 47 ff. Masraf-shehriyari (imperial steward), substitute for the intendant of kitchen, 132. Mawuna, or Maone (Italianized), a sailing vessel. Mecter, _see_ Mihter. Medresseh, a secondary school or college, 203 ff. Mekteb, a school, 203. Mektubji, a private secretary of the grand vizier, 184. Mihter, a tent-pitcher; a musician. Mihter-bashi, the chief tent-pitcher, 132. Mir Alem, the imperial standard bearer, 131, 206. Miri-akhor, _see_ Emir-al-Akhor. Molla, a judge of high rank, 217. Mosellem, a fief holder by ancient tenure, 105. Muderis, a professor in a Medresseh, 205. Muezzin, one who calls Moslems to prayer, 206. Mufettish, a special judge dealing with endowments, 201, 218. Mufti, a Moslem legal authority; in particular, the Sheik ul-Islam, 207 ff. Muhtesib, a lieutenant of police, 219. Mujtahid, a doctor of the Sacred Law. Mulâzim (candidate), a graduate of the higher Medressehs, 205. Mulk, land held in fee-simple, 31. Munejim-bashi, a chief astrologer, 129. Muste emin, a resident foreigner, 34. Mutbakh-emini, intendant of the kitchen, 132. Muteferrika, the Noble Guard, 129. Muteveli, an administrator of an endowment, 201. Naib, an inferior judge, 218.