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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")...
- the rise of the
Ottoman Empire. The
organization was twofold,
central (
Kapıkulu) and
peripheral (Eyalet). This army was
forced to
disband by
Sultan Mahmud...
- Six
Divisions of
Cavalry (Turkish: Altı Bölük Halkı), also
known as the
Kapıkulu Süvarileri ("Household
Slave Cavalry"), was a
corps of
elite cavalry soldiers...
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Janissary corps in 15th century. The
Janissaries were kapıkulları (sing.
kapıkulu), "door servants" or "slaves of the Porte",
neither freemen nor ordinary...
- 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...
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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...
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developed personal troops to be
loyal to him, with a
slave army
called the
Kapıkulu. The new
force was
built by
taking Christian children from
newly conquered...
- 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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cavalry levied in Europe, 17,000
Sipahis recruited from Anatolia, and 3,000
Kapikulu (regular body-guard cavalry).
During the 18th
century however the Ottoman...
