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Tableau général de l'Empire othoman. Tome 3
par M. de Mouradgea d'Ohsson, c.1787
189. BASCH-TCHAVOUSCH.
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France
Among the high-ranking subordinates of the Janissary ağa, the Muhzur Ağa and the Baş Çavuş were equal in rank (3, 395) and each commanded a Janissary orta (one of the types Janissary units). The Baş Çavuş was the provost-marshal of the Janissaries, with about three hundred çavuşes under his command.