A historical term for an Ottoman Turkish official, judge, or administrative officer; variant of 'feridgi'.
From Ottoman Turkish 'feridji,' possibly connected to administrative or judicial terminology, with the '-ji' suffix indicating someone who performs a specific role or function.
Colonial-era British texts are full of these Ottoman titles—'feridji,' 'pasha,' 'vizier'—showing how the British Empire had to learn and transliterate an entirely foreign governmental vocabulary while expanding into Middle Eastern trade.
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