Kavass. An armed attendant, usually attached to a foreign Consulate.
Keleg. A raft buoyed on inflated skins. See pp. [137] and [340]. Kelegji, the man who works it.
Khan. An “Inn” (Turkish). Khanji, an “Inn-keeper.”
Khan. “Chief” (Persian). A title of respect.
Malik. “Chief” (Syriac). Akin to Melek, “King.” A title in use among the Mountain Syrians as about equivalent to Agha among the Kurds.
Mar. “Lord.” Fem. Mart. (Syriac). A title given by the Syrians to the Saints and Bishops of their Church.
Mejidié. A Turkish silver coin of the value of twenty piastres. Equivalent at present rates to about 3s. 9d.
Millet. Any subject religious sect officially recognized as existing in the Ottoman Empire. See pp. [80] and [89].
Mira. “Ruler.” A form of Amir or Emir (Arabic). A title given to the Chief of the Yezidis, and to certain prominent Chiefs among the Kurds.[{419}]
Mohurram. The ten days’ mourning observed by the Shiah Moslems in memory of Hassan and Hosein, the sons of Ali: particularly in memory of the latter, slain by his rival Yezid at Kerbela in 680.