- The
sekban were
mercenaries of
peasant background in the
Ottoman Empire. The term
sekban initially referred to
irregular military units,
particularly those...
- The
Sekban-i
Djedid Army was a
brief and
unsuccessful attempt (29
August – 18
October 1808) by
Bayraktar Mustafa Pasha to
revive the Nizam-i
Djedid Army...
- in the
history of the
Ottoman Empire. The
major uprisings involved the
sekbans (irregular
troops of musketeers) and
sipahis (cavalrymen
maintained by...
- (r. 1481–1512)
stopped the
practice of
appointing the
sekban-bashi (the
commander of the
sekban regiments) to the post, and
instead nominated a member...
- from the
Ottoman do****entary record. The
Ottomans increased the use of
Sekban (temporary
infantry recruits)
soldiers in the 17th century. They had a wartime...
-
which were
never fully solved.[obsolete source]
Irregular sharpshooters (
Sekban) were also recruited, and on
demobilisation turned to
brigandage in the...
-
ortas the bölük or beylik, (the Sultan's own bodyguard), with 61
ortas the
sekban or seymen, with 34
ortas In
addition there were also 34
ortas of the ajemi...
-
matter of
choice and dedication, not
descent or background.
Mehmed Şükrü
Sekban, a
Kurdish medical doctor from
Ergani who
worked in
Sulaymaniyah in modern-day...
-
Ottoman infantry unit.
Armies of the
Ottoman Empire 1775–1820
Ottoman Reforms Sekban-i
Djedid Army The Nizam-I
Cedid Army
under Sultan Selim III 1789–1807 Stanford...
- Janissaries". The
sultan informed them that he was
forming a new army, the
Sekban-ı Cedit,
organized and
trained along modern European lines, and that the...