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Tableau général de l'Empire othoman. Tome 3
par M. de Mouradgea d'Ohsson, c.1787
142. KHASS-AKHORLU, Sous-Ecuyer.
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France
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. Tome 7 (non-folio edition) par M. de Mouradgea d’Ohsson
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