- The
Odjak of Algiers((efn|also
spelled Ujaq was a unit of the
Algerian army. It was a
highly autonomous part of the
Janissary Corps,
acting completely...
- The
Revolution of the
Odjak, also
known as the
Aghas Revolution or the
Revolution of 1659 was an
important military revolution that
changed the essential...
- the
Odjak of Algiers. It was to be a
military republic like that of the
island of Rhodes,
occupied by the
Christian Knights Hospitaller. This
Odjak administrative...
- 1659, the
Janissaries stationned in Algiers, also
known commonly as the
Odjak of Algiers; and the Reis or the
company of
corsair captains rebelled, they...
- did not have bayonets,
although organized units such as the
Odjak of Algiers, the
Odjak of Tunis, and to a
certain extent the
Black Guard of Morocco...
- also
preferred this sword, and army
units such as the
Black Guard and the
Odjak of
Algiers also
equipped their troops with nimchas.
David G.
Alexander (31...
- Ocak or
Odjak (Turkish: Ocak, Kurdish: Ocax, Azerbaijani: Ocaq, lit. 'hearth') is the
particular religious community which adherents of
Alevism belong...
- as a
chief purveyor of
textiles to the
Imperial Ottoman household. The
Odjak-Bāzirgāni, in
practice a steward, was
usually of Gr**** or
Jewish origins...
- The Orta is the main
military division of the
janissary odjak,
which initially under the
reign of
Sultan Murad I
numbered 1,000 new
soldiers divided into...
-
goals of
independence from the Ottomans, and he was
staunchly against the
Odjak of Algiers.
After an
earthquake in 1716, he
helped rebuild the city. After...
