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Palace Groom

Illustration 047 from:

Costumes Orientaux
Recueil de costumes et vêtements de l'Empire ottoman au 18e siècle
Collection of costumes and clothing of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century
Owned by Joseph Gabriel Monnier

Khas Akhourti : officier ayant inspection sur les chevaux et les écuries du sultan
officer having inspection of the horses and the stables of the sultan

    3º The Grand Esquire (Mir-Akhour-Ewel or Buyuc-Imrokhor). This chief of the squires and crews of the Sultan has the stewardship of the state meadows which extend, on one side, to Adrianople, and on the other, to Broussa. It grants individuals, for a fee, permission to put their horses out there.

    Under him serve the Salakhors, the Khass-akhourlus (Pl. 142), the Voinuks and the Corou-aghas. The first are squires, to the number of two thousand; the latter, grooms, numbering about six hundred. A body of six thousand Bulgarians is called Voinouks, who serve in time of war as servants of the army. The Corou-aghas or foresters hold all the state forests, divided into twenty-seven districts. Finally, the saddlers, camel drivers and muleteers of the palace are also under the orders of the Grand Ecuyer.
Source: pp.16-17, Tableau général de l’Empire othoman. par M. de Mouradgea d’Ohsson, c.1787