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- During the period of the Crusades, turcopoles (also "turcoples" or "turcopoli"; from the Gr****: τουρκόπουλοι, literally "sons of Turks") were locally recruited...
- of Salerno's army of 700 knights, 3,000 foot soldiers and a corps of Turcopoles was defeated at the battle of Ager Sanguinis, or "field of blood". Roger...
- battle in Gallipoli was fought between troops sent by King Milutin and Turcopole Halil Pasha (1312). The Aydin force, 3,100 strong, were in the process...
- lightly armed mercenaries as cavalry in the 12th century that were known as turcopoles (aGr**** term for descendants of Turks). Its meaning has been interpreted...
- even incorporated them within their ranks, along with the Maronites and Turcopoles. Two prominent Alawite leaders in the following centuries, credited with...
- fought at the end of 1312 or in 1313, between the Byzantines and the Turcopoles led by Halil Pasha. For two years, Thrace was occupied by Halil Pasha...
- of turcopolier, who was in charge of local auxiliary forces known as turcopoles, and the admiral, who commanded the navy of the Order of Saint John. The...
- 2024), ISBN 978-1911717089 Articles "The Military Role of the Frankish Turcopoles – a Re****essment", Mediterranean Historical Review 12 (1) (June 1997)...
- refer only to knights and give no account of the number of infantry and turcopoles, except that it is evident from the number of the dead and wounded that...
- merchant fleet, and a large number of mercenaries (including indigenous Turcopoles) hired with money donated to the kingdom by Henry II, King of England...