text:  The ecclesiastical staff of an imperial mosque comprehends in general from thirty to forty persons--the sheikh who preaches after mid-day prayer on Friday and who is a member of the superior ecclesiastical synod with rank and privileges nearly similar to those of our bishops:--two or more khatibs who recite the khotbah or prayer for the Prophet and sultan:--four imams who alternately read prayers:--twelve to twenty muezzins who call to prayers from the minarets:--with fifteen to twenty subordinate functionaries