The sultan sent a to Alexius, (Anna Comnena, l. vi. p. 170. Ducange ad loc.;) and Pachymer often speaks of the (l. vii. c. 1, l. xii. c. 30, l. xiii. c. 22.). The Chiaoush basha is now at the head of 700 officers, (Rycaut's Ottoman Empire, p. 349, octavo edition.)