The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923Longman, 1997 - 406 pages Justin McCarthy's introductory survey traces the whole history of the Ottoman Turks from their obscure beginnings in central Asia, through the establishment and rise of the Ottoman Empire to its collapse after World War One under the pressures of nationalism. Vividly illustrated with many maps, this introductory overview is designed for non-specialists but is written with great authority and with access to original sources. It fills an important gap for an authoritative but accessible account of the rise of one of the world's great civilizations. |
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Page 48
... soldiers were trained in Ottoman ways and melded into units that were dependent solely on the sultan and part of no old Turkish organization . Bayezit augmented the slave army with children taken from Christian villages , raised by the ...
... soldiers were trained in Ottoman ways and melded into units that were dependent solely on the sultan and part of no old Turkish organization . Bayezit augmented the slave army with children taken from Christian villages , raised by the ...
Page 55
... soldiers , but the Ottoman state slave system formally began under Murat I. Tradition and law gave the sultan one - fifth of all booty taken by his troops . Murat took much of his one - fifth in the form of soldiers captured in battle ...
... soldiers , but the Ottoman state slave system formally began under Murat I. Tradition and law gave the sultan one - fifth of all booty taken by his troops . Murat took much of his one - fifth in the form of soldiers captured in battle ...
Page 168
... soldiers . Large cavalry units were increasingly superfluous . As a result , the sipahi cavalry gradually dis- appeared . By the middle of the century , fewer than 10,000 remained . The Ottomans took two steps to modernize their army ...
... soldiers . Large cavalry units were increasingly superfluous . As a result , the sipahi cavalry gradually dis- appeared . By the middle of the century , fewer than 10,000 remained . The Ottomans took two steps to modernize their army ...
Contents
Origins of the Turks to 1281 | 3 |
Mongol rule in Anatolia | 30 |
Turkish Anatolia | 36 |
Copyright | |
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