- Muqaddam
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Military ranks of Egypt Turco-Egyptian
ranks (until 1958)Modern
Egyptian ranksU.S. Army
equivalentsOfficers Mushir
مشيرQaid amm
قائد عام5-star general Sirdar
سردارFariq awwal
فريق أول4-star general Fariq
فريقFariq
فريقLieutenant General Liwa
لواءLiwa
لواءMajor General Amirilay
أمير آلايAmid
عميدBrigadier general Qaimaqam
قائم مقامAqid
عقيدColonel Bimbashi
بكباشيMuqaddam
مقدمLieutenant colonel Sagh
صاغRaid
رائدMajor Yuzbashi
يوزباشيNaqib
نقيبCaptain Mulazim awwal
ملازم أولMulazim awwal
ملازم أولFirst Lieutenant Mulazim thani
ملازم ثانيMulazim
ملازمSecond Lieutenant Non-commissioned officers Shawish
شاويشRaqib
رقيبSergeant Ombashi
أونباشيArif
عريفCorporal Soldiers Askari
عسكريJundi
جنديPrivate Muqaddam is an Arabic title, adopted in other Islamic cultures, for any of various civil or religious officials. The literal meaning is something like "expediter", "facilitator", or "assistant".
- in the Tijaniyyah, Shadhiliyyah, and other Sufi orders, a muqaddam is a student of the Sufi path (a murid or dervish) who has been authorized by his/her Guide (aka shaikh, pir, or murshid) to assist in teaching the path to other students.
- in Bengal, the muqaddam (in some places he was called mukhiya) was the village headman, through whom the government dealt with the peasants.
- As per the Persian documents of mediæval India, a muqaddam was the headman of a village. He was, by profession, a peasant of the village which he headed. He could sell and buy land for the village and settle the common treasury. His position was hereditary; however, it could also be bought and sold. He was never a government servant, but he could be dispossessed of his status by the revenue official.[1]
- in Mount Lebanon, the Muqaddams were the secular leaders of their religious community. The last Muqaddams disappeared in the beginning of the 16th Century.
- in the militaries (generally ground forces and sometimes air forces) of several Arab nations, Muqaddam is equivalent to the Anglophone rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
- ^ Habib, Irfan: The Agrarian System of Mughal India, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0 19 565595, pp. 160-161.
- ^ Army officer ranks
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