In the Turkish state, this rank belonged to the highest ranks and its appointee was like one of the small ḥājibs. He has to embellish the soldiers during their review. The naqībs walk with him. When the sultan, or the nāʾib or the ḥājib al-ḥujjāb summon an amir or a soldier, he is spoken to to send for him and he has to enforce his appearance. And when one of them orders to convey an order to an amir or soldier, the naqīb al-jaysh is the one who conveys the order to him. And it belongs to his task that he is the one who walks with the sultanic guard in the mawkib at the moment of the procession and during the journey. Today, this rank declined…