Ottoman armies in the period 1650 - 1750.

[Druzhina]

Hwiccee
   
Ottoman Armies
« Sent to: Druzhina on: 11 May 2014, 02:57:59 PM »

Hi,


I read with interest your posts here and on other forums about pictures of Ottoman troops. These are great and very useful but I am also interested in the composition and order of battle of the Ottoman armies. In particular Ottoman armies in the period 1650 - 1750.

So I thought I would send you a message to see if you have any information, links, etc., concerning the above?

I am also interested in the tactics used by the Ottomans. Again mainly in the period 1650-1750 but also general. Do you have any information on this?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give,


Nick

Hi Nick,

See a collection of Ottoman naval and army orders of battle
Renaissance Turks by George Gush
The Corps of The Janizaries, by Arthur Leon Horniker
Janissary Orta Symbols
The most important part of the army were the sipahis but I don't think the tactics were very complicated. For the Janissaries see The Janissaries Use Of Volley Fire During The Long Ottoman-Habsburg War Of 1593-1606 And The Problem Of Origins by Günhan Börekçi. The Ottomans also had sophisticated siege techniques.
A contemporary account can be found in the e-book of The present state of the Ottoman Empire by Sir Paul Rycaut, 1667

Druzhina
Illustrations of Ottoman Costume & Soldiers

[Hwiccee]

Thanks

[toxicpixie]

Ta from here as well, interesting reading as I'm in the throws of painting up an Ottoman army of a similar period as well!