Nakib ol-Eshraf, the chief of the Seids or descendants of the prophet Mohammed, 206. Nazir, an inspector of an endowment, 201. Nishanji, a chancellor, 182 ff. Nizam al-mulk, basis of the order of the kingdom (title of a vizier of Melek Shah), 306. Oda (a room), a chamber of the pages or of the harem recruits; a company of the Janissaries. Oda-bashi (head of chamber), the page of highest rank, 244; a corporal of the Janissaries, 249. Oghlan, a youth. Okumak-yerleri (reading-places), primary schools, 203. Orta, a company of the Janissaries. (_See also_ Oda.) Ouloufedgis, _see_ Ulufaji. Papuji, a page of high rank, 244. Pasha, a very high official. Peik, a member of the body-guard of halbardiers, 130. Podesta (Italian), a municipal judge. Quaia, or Queaya, _see_ Kiaya. Ramazan, the Moslem month of fasting. Rayah, non-Moslem Ottoman subjects, 159. Reis Effendi, or Reis ul-Khuttab, a recording secretary, 174; a recording secretary of the Divan, later an important minister of state, 182 ff. Reis ul-Ulema (head of the Ulema), an early title of the Sheik ul-Islam, 208 note 3. Rekiab-Aghalari (generals of the stirrup), a group of high officers of the outside service of the palace, 131. Rusnamehji, a chief book-keeper of the Treasury, 168. Ruus Kalemi, a bureau of the Chancery, 183. Sakka, a water-carrier. Sanjak, a flag or standard, a district. Sanjak Bey, a high officer of feudal cavalry and governor of a Sanjak, 103. Saremin, _see_ Shehr-emini. Sarraf, a banker. Schēni, _see_ Iskemleji. Seferli-odassi (chamber of campaign), the fourth chamber of pages, 128 note 1. Segban-bashi (master of the hounds), the second officer of the corps of Janissaries, 96, 132 note 3. Seid, a descendant of the prophet Mohammed, 206. Seis, a groom, 251. Selicter, _see_ Silihdar. Seracter, _see_ Sharabdar. Serai, a palace. Seraskier, a commander-in-chief. Serraj, saddlers, 251. Seymen-bashi, a popular form of Segban-bashi, _q. v._ Shahinji, a falconer, 252. Sharabdar (drink-bearer), a page of high rank, 127. Shehr-emini, intendant of imperial buildings, 132. Sheik, a preacher; a head of a religious community, 206. Sheik ul-Islam, the Mufti of Constantinople and head of the Moslem Institution, 208 ff. Sheri (or Sheriat), the Moslem Sacred Law, 152 ff. Sherif, a descendant of the prophet Mohammed, 206. Silihdar (sword-bearer), a member of the second corps of standing cavalry, 98 and note 5; the page who carried the sultan’s arms, 127. Sillictar, _see_ Silihdar. Sipah, or Sipahi, _see_ Spahi. Sofi, woolen; a dervish (an appellation of the Shah of Persia). Softa, an undergraduate in a Medresseh, 205. Solak (left-handed), a janissary bowman of the sultan’s personal guard, 129. Spachi, _see_ Spahi.