in the eastern military orders, the title of the messengers of the divan Janissaries. There are several degrees of honour in this post. When a person person is first advanced to it, he is called a *kuchuk*, or little *chou*; after this he is advanced to be the *alley chou*, that is, the messenger of ceremonies; and from this, having passed through the office of *petelma*, or procurator of the effects of the body, he is advanced to be the *bax chou*.