THE SELJUK HERITAGE IN THE OTTOMAN MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS Cover Image

СЕЛЬДЖУКСКОЕ НАСЛЕДИЕ В ВОЕННОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ОСМАНСКОГО ГОСУДАРСТВА
THE SELJUK HERITAGE IN THE OTTOMAN MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS

Author(s): Vladimir Zaporozhets
Subject(s): History
Published by: Kültür Ajans Tanıtım ve Organizasyon
Keywords: The Seljuks; the iqta system; the iqta cavalry; permanent army; paid soldiers; the Osmans; the Janissaries; the timar system; the timar cavalry.

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the structure and principles of the Seljuk and Osman states military organizations. The author comes to a conclusion that the Osman state copied and implemented a successful Seljuk’s model of military organization for its armed forces and that this fact provided Osman state with military superiority and made possible its expansion in Europe.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 134-139
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian
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