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Tableau général de l'Empire othoman. Tome 3
par M. de Mouradgea d'Ohsson, c.1787
176. KHODJAKIAN, Chef de Départment.
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France
Plate 176 illustrates one of the scribal bureau chiefs, who held the rank of hacegân (from a Persian plural khwâjagân, singular khwâja). D'Ohsson later explained that the fifty-two hacegân were among the offices subject to annual reappointment (3, 351). On ceremonial occasions the Reis Efendi and the other hacegân of the highest class wore red satin robes, and the rest wore violet satin