Kaymakam
Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire |
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Officers |
Non-commissioned officers |
Kaymakam, also known by
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Names
The title has been
History
Ottoman Empire
In the
The modernization and Westernization reforms instituted in the 19th century added new meanings to the term. With the establishment of the regular
Moldavian and Wallachian (Romanian) history
The term Caimacam has a specific meaning in
In this context, the word may be spelled caimacam, while the Romanian term for the office is căimăcămie.
Persian Gulf history
Qatar history
In the Persian Gulf, four
Kuwait history
Similarly, three ruling native hakims of the later emirate of Kuwait, were also Kaymakam of a
Egyptian history
Historical military ranks of Egypt |
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Officers |
Others |
In
Kaymakams as a military rank
The rank is attested in use with a British officer commanding the Equatorial Battalion in East Africa, 1918: Kaimakam R F White DSO who was an officer of the Essex Regiment.[3] In the 1947 Birthday Honours, a recipient of an MBE, Diran Bodossian, is referred to as "Assistant Paymaster Kaimakam" of the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force. [4]
See also
- Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
- Double Qaim-Maqamate of Mount Lebanon
References
- ^ "kaimakam, n.", Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- ^ ISBN 90-04-05745-5. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.)
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link - ^ WO 100/410 folio 283 - medal roll for "East Africa 1918" clasp to Africa General Service Medal, The National Archives, Kew
- ^ "Supplement" (PDF). The London Gazette. 12 June 1947. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
Sources
- WorldStatesMen.org, see present nations