Hakham Bashi
Turkish term used to refer to the chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hakham Bashi - חכם באשי[note 1] (Ottoman Turkish: حاخامباشی, Turkish: Hahambaşı, IPA: [haˈham baˈʃɯ]; Ladino: xaxam (חכם) baši; translated into French as: khakham-bachi) is the Turkish name for the Chief Rabbi of the nation's Jewish community. In the time of the Ottoman Empire it was also used for the chief rabbi of a particular region of the empire, such as Syria or Iraq, though the Hakham Bashi of Constantinople was considered overall head of the Jews of the Empire.
In 1840, a position of Hakham Bashi was established in Jerusalem.[4]