Ferik (military rank)

Military ranks of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman ranks	Western equivalents
Officers
Müşir مشير	Field marshal
Birinci Ferik (Serdar) فريق أول	General
Ferik فريق	Lieutenant general
Mirliva أمير لواء	Major general
Miralay أمير آلاي	Brigadier
Kaymakam قائم مقام	Colonel
Binbaşı بكباشي	Lieutenant colonel
Kolağası (Sağ Kolağası / Sol Kolağası) قول أغاسي	Major
Yüzbaşı يوزباشي	Captain
Mülâzım-ı Evvel ملازم أول	First lieutenant
Mülâzım-ı Sani ملازم ثاني	Second lieutenant
Non-commissioned officers
Çavuş شاويش	Sergeant
Onbaşı أونباشي	Corporal
Soldiers
Nefer نفر	Private

Military ranks of Egypt
Turco-Egyptian ranks (until 1958)	Modern Egyptian ranks	Western equivalents
Officers
Mushir		General of the army/ field marshal
Sirdar سردار	Fariq awwal	General
Fariq		Lieutenant general
Liwa		Major general
Amiralay أمير آلاي	Amid	Brigadier
Qaimaqam قائم مقام	Aqid	Colonel
Bimbashi	Muqaddam	Lieutenant colonel
Sagh	Raid	Major
Yuzbashi يوزباشي	Naqib	Captain
Mulazim awwal		First lieutenant
Mulazim thani	Mulazim	Second lieutenant
Non-commissioned officers
Shawish شاويش	Raqib	Sergeant
Ombashi أونباشي	Arif	Corporal
Soldiers
Askari عسكري	Jundi	Private

Ferik was a military rank of the Ottoman Army. It is translated as Lieutenant General (Korgeneral). It was senior to a Mirliva (Major General, modern Tümgeneral in the Turkish Army) and junior to a Birinci Ferik (General, modern Orgeneral in the Turkish Army).

The collar mark (later shoulder mark) and cap of a Ferik had three stripes and two stars during the early years of the Turkish Republic. The Ottoman Army and pre-1934 Turkish Army had three general ranks (similar to the British ranking system), while the current Turkish Army has four general ranks (similar to the American ranking system), with the inclusion of Brigadier General (Tuğgeneral) as the fourth and most junior general rank.

The title of Ferik was abolished with Act No. 2590 of 26 November 1934 on the Abolition of Titles and Appellations such as Efendi, Bey or Pasha.

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