Military personnel in the Ottoman Empire were assigned different duties according to their capabilities in order to administer the Armed Forces and particularly to be successful in battle.
The issue of what sort of duties should be allocated to which unit or to which military institution used to be determined by the ranking within the Armed Forces.
In Islamic countries, certain 'degrees', instead of ranks, were given in accordance with the categorization of government duties.
This rank, which continued until the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, was also given to civilian administrators who were approved of and found suitable.
After the establishment of the Republic, the Sultanate was abolished, and the title became synonymous with the General rank, restricted to the Armed Forces only.