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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...
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timarli sipahi,
which constituted most of the army, and the
salaried regular kapikulu sipahi, or
palace troops. However, the
irregular light cavalry akıncı ("raiders")...
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organization introduced by
Mehmed II was twofold,
central (Ottoman Turkish:
Kapıkulu, the
household division) and
peripheral (Ottoman Turkish: Eyalet, province-level)...
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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...
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Janissaries in the 15th century. The
Janissaries were kapıkulları (sing.
kapıkulu), "door servants" or "slaves of the Porte",
neither freedmen nor ordinary...
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Divisions of
Cavalry (Turkish: Altı Bölük Halkı), also
known as the
Kapıkulu Süvarileri ("Household
Slave Cavalry"), was a
corps of
elite cavalry soldiers...
- A.
Kapıkulu (household) Army 78,500
Janissary and
cebeci (weaponeer) and
gunner 60,000 Sipâh (
Kapıkulu) (household cavalry) 15,000 Mısır Kulu (Mamluks)...
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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...
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series on the
Military of the
Ottoman Empire classical army (1451–1826)
Kapıkulu Janissaries Six
Divisions of
Cavalry Sipahi Voynuks Yamaks Dervendjis Sekban...
