protosymboulus

protosymboulus [πρωτοσύμβουλος] , chief councillor (as title assumed by Mohammed). s622 hic in regno Saracenorum quatuor pretores statuit quos admirallios vocavit, seipsum protosymbolum appellari fecit Wend. (ed. Coxe) I 123; s622 hic [sc. Mahumet] in regno Saracenorum quatuor pretores statuit, quos admiralios vocavit; seipsum autem prothosimbolum appellari fecit Flor. Hist. I 301.