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- Kapıkulu (Ottoman Turkish: قپوقولی اوجاغی, Kapıkulu Ocağı, "Slaves of the Sublime Porte") was the collective name for the household division of the Ottoman...
- timarli sipahi, which constituted most of the army, and the salaried regular kapikulu sipahi, or palace troops. However, the irregular light cavalry akıncı ("raiders")...
- organization introduced by Mehmed II was twofold, central (Ottoman Turkish: Kapıkulu, the household division) and peripheral (Ottoman Turkish: Eyalet, province-level)...
- were known as the kapıkulu; these were Janissaries that had been sent on direct order from the Ottoman Sultan. In general, the kapıkulu were far more loyal...
- Janissaries in the 15th century. The Janissaries were kapıkulları (sing. kapıkulu), "door servants" or "slaves of the Porte", neither freedmen nor ordinary...
- A. Kapıkulu (household) Army 78,500 Janissary and cebeci (weaponeer) and gunner 60,000 Sipâh (Kapıkulu) (household cavalry) 15,000 Mısır Kulu (Mamluks)...
- Six Divisions of Cavalry (Turkish: Altı Bölük Halkı), also known as the Kapıkulu Süvarileri ("Household Slave Cavalry"), was a corps of elite cavalry soldiers...
- converted kapıkulu as his personal troops, independent of the regular army." This elite force, which served the Ottoman Sultan directly, was called Kapıkulu Ocağı...
- were seen as irregular militia, they did not have regular salaries as kapikulu soldiers, or fiefs like timarli soldiers; their only income was the booty...
- series on the Military of the Ottoman Empire classical army (1451–1826) Kapıkulu Janissaries Six Divisions of Cavalry Sipahi Voynuks Yamaks Dervendjis Sekban...