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Ottoman Empire
Topic Started: Jun 19 2009, 01:11 PM (1,957 Views)
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Sultan and Caliph Mahmud II
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Ottoman Empire

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Mahmud II,
[size0]Sovereign of the Osman Family, Sultan es Selatin, Khakhan, Caliph of the Faithful, Servant of the Cities of Mecca, Medina and Kouds, Padishah of The Three Cities of Istanbul, Edirne and Bursa, and of the Cities of Châm and Misr, of all Azerbaijan, of Mägris, of Barkah, of Kairouan, of Alep, of Iraq, of Arabia and of Ajim, of Basra, of El Hasa, of Dilen, of Raka, of Mosul, of Parthia, of Diyarbakir, of Cilicia, of the Vilayets of Erzurum, of Sivas, of Adana, of Karaman, of Van, of Barbaria, of Habech, of Tunisia, of Tyrabolos, of Châm, of Kybris, of Rhodes, of Candia, of the Vilayet of Morea, of Ak Deniz, of Kara Deniz, of Anatolia, of Rumelia, of Bagdad, of Kurdistan, of Greece, of Turkestan, of Tartary, of Circassia, of the two regions of Kabarda, of Gorjestan, of the plain of Kypshak, of the whole country of the Tartars, of Kefa and of all the neighbouring countries, of Bosnia and dependancies, of the City of Belgrade, of the Vilayet of Serf, with all the castles and cities, of all the Arnaut Vilayet, of all Iflak and Bogdania, as well as all the dependancies and borders, and many others countries and cities


General Overview

Capital: Constantinople
Government: Autocratic Monarchy
Monarch: Mahmud II (1808)
Population: 19,150,000 (1816)
Currency: Kuru
State Religion: Sunni Islam

Government Overview

The government of the Empire referred to as the Sublime Porte, or simply Porte, named after the gates of the Topkapi Palace in which the Sultan and his Grand Vizier reside, and where imperial policies are made and foreign dignitaries are handled.

Grand Vizier: Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1815-)

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Constantinople, the heart of the Empire
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Imperial Army

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From left: Janissary, Azab, Line Infantry, Fusilier, Officer, Sailor


The Ottoman army continues to be rooted in traditional practices. The bulk of the army consists of professional Janissary infantry, as well as Azab infantry and Sipahi cavalry drawn from the feudal estates. Artillery mostly exists in irregularly-placed battalions across the empire. However, there are several battalions of more modern, westernised troops raised in Constantinople, which are the product of the Sultan's reformist policies.

Imperial armies are nominally commanded by generals appointed by the Divan, and are allotted headquarters in Constantinople, Sofiya, Sarajevo, Salonika, Larissa, Athens, Karaman, Erivan, Baghdad, Damascus and Mecca. However, military leadership is in fact subject to the traditional rivalry between the landed Sipahi and the Janissary corps.

In times of war, the Ottoman Empire is able to raise large numbers of irregular troops to complement the standing armies, which are spread thinly across the vast expanse of the empire.

Total Army Upkeep: £1,597,300

Total Active: 286,350 men (£1,550,500)
- Serf Conscripted Infantry (azab): 12 divisions, 120,000 men (£576,000)
- Serf Infantry (janissary): 36 regiments, 108,000 men (£648,000)
- Conscripted Infantry: 1 division, 10,000 men (£80,000)
- Serf Cavalry (sipahi): 11 divisions, 44,000 men (£211,000)
- Conscripted Cavalry: 1 division, 4,000 men (£32,000)
- Professional Artillery: 35 guns, 350 men (£3,500)
- Militia Infantry (bashi-bazouk): None

Total Reserved: 156,000 men (£46,800)
- Serf Conscripted Infantry (azab): 12 divisions, 120,000 men (£36,000)
- Serf Infantry (janissary): 6 regiments, 36,000 men (£10,800)




Imperial Army Order of Battle

Army of Thrace
Headquarters: Constantinople
Total: 32,350 men, 71 guns
- 1st Ottoman Infantry Division (10,000 men) (Constantinople)
- 1st Ottoman Cavalry Division (4,000 men) (Constantinople)
- Artillery Brigade (35 guns, 350 men) (Constantinople)
- Janissary Corps (18,000 men, 36 guns) (Adrianople)

Army of Bulgaria
Headquarters: Sofiya
Total: 32,000 men, 56 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Sofiya)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Sofiya)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Silistra)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Nikopol)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Sofiya)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Varna)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Philippopolis)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Skopyje)

Army of Bosnia
Headquarters: Sarajevo
Total: 20,000 men, 32 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Sarajevo)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Sarajevo)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Sarajevo)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Sarajevo)

Army of Rumelia
Headquarters: Salonika
Total: 30,000 men, 44 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Salonika)
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Salonika)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Salonika)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Salonika)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Salonika)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Durazzo)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Durazzo)

Army of Thessaly
Headquarters: Larissa
Total: 23,000 men, 38 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Larissa)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Larissa)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Larissa)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Arta)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Arta)

Army of Morea
Headquarters: Athens
Total: 33,000 men, 58 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Corinth)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Corinth)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Aegean Islands)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Athens)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Athens)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Chania)

Army of Anatolia
Headquarters: Karaman
Total: 37,000 men, 58 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Karaman)
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Ankyra)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Derindeh)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Eskisehir)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Ankyra)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Karaman)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Ephesus)

Army of Armenia
Headquarters: Kars
Total: 13,000 men, 18 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Kars)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Kars)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Kars)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Trebizond)

Army of Syria
Headquarters: Damascus
Total: 36,000 men, 64 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Beirut)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Antioch)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Tripoli)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Damascus)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Gaza)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Jerusalem)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Nicosia)

Army of Baghdad
Headquarters: Baghdad
Total: 17,000 men, 26 guns
- Sipahi Division (4,000 men) (Baghdad)
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Baghdad)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Baghdad)

Army of North Africa
Headquarters: Tunis
Total: 13,000 men, 26 guns
- Azab Division (10,000 men, 20 guns) (Algiers)
- Regiment of the Janissary Corps (3,000 men, 6 guns) (Tunis)
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Imperial Navy

Total: 58 Ships (£227,000)
- First Rates: 2 Ships (£40,000)
- Second Rates: 2 Ships (£37,000)
- Third Rates: 8 Ships (£100,000)
- Sixth Rates: 6 Ships (£15,000)
- Sloops: 40 Ships (£35,000)




Imperial Navy Order of Battle

Bosphorus Fleet
Headquarters: Constantinople
Total: 12 Ships

Faouish (1st Rate, 1799) (100)
Fethiye (1st Rate, 1793) (96)
Kilid-i bahri (2nd Rate, 1800) (84)
Mansur el liwa (2nd Rate, 1798) (84)
Fivrie (3rd Rate, 1812) (74)
Sayyad-i bahri (3rd Rate, 1810) (74)
Gulbang-i-Nusrat (3rd Rate, 1809) (74)
Jebel-andaz (3rd Rate, 1807) (74)
Burj Zafer (3rd Rate, 1807) (74)
Fatih Bahri (3rd Rate, 1805) (74)
Ainduie (3rd Rate, 1803) (74)
Bekberi-kufret (3rd Rate, 1801) (74)

Aegean Squadron
Headquarters: Athens
Total: 46 Ships

6 Sixth Rate Frigates
40 Sloops of War
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