Ottoman sipahi cavalry
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The Ottoman sipahi cavalry were elite feudal horsemen of the Ottoman Empire, serving as its main provincial military and landholding class for centuries.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ottoman cavalry | 1 |
| Ottoman provincial forces | 1 |
| Ottoman sipahi cavalry canonical | 1 |
| Sipahi cavalry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Ottoman sipahi cavalry Context triple: [Battle of Zenta, involvedUnit, Ottoman sipahi cavalry]
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A.
Ottoman Army
The Ottoman Army was the land warfare force of the Ottoman Empire, which played a central role in its military campaigns and conflicts from the late Middle Ages through World War I.
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B.
Janissaries
The Janissaries were an elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire, originally composed of enslaved Christian youths, that became one of the most powerful military and political institutions in the empire.
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C.
Household Cavalry
The Household Cavalry is an elite British Army formation combining armoured reconnaissance and ceremonial mounted duties, best known for its role in state occasions and royal pageantry.
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D.
Muscovite army
The Muscovite army was the military force of the Grand Duchy (and later Tsardom) of Moscow, which formed the core of the early Russian state before its transformation into the Imperial Russian Army.
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E.
Orenburg Cossack forces
The Orenburg Cossack forces were a regional Cossack military formation from the Orenburg area that played a significant role fighting on the anti-Bolshevik side during the Russian Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ottoman sipahi cavalry Target entity description: The Ottoman sipahi cavalry were elite feudal horsemen of the Ottoman Empire, serving as its main provincial military and landholding class for centuries.
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A.
Ottoman Army
The Ottoman Army was the land warfare force of the Ottoman Empire, which played a central role in its military campaigns and conflicts from the late Middle Ages through World War I.
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B.
Janissaries
The Janissaries were an elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire, originally composed of enslaved Christian youths, that became one of the most powerful military and political institutions in the empire.
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C.
Mamluk forces
Mamluk forces were the military units of the Mamluk Sultanate, composed largely of slave-soldier elites who defended and ruled parts of Egypt and the Levant and famously resisted powers such as the Mongols and European crusaders.
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D.
Household Cavalry
The Household Cavalry is an elite British Army formation combining armoured reconnaissance and ceremonial mounted duties, best known for its role in state occasions and royal pageantry.
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E.
Muscovite army
The Muscovite army was the military force of the Grand Duchy (and later Tsardom) of Moscow, which formed the core of the early Russian state before its transformation into the Imperial Russian Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman military unit
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cavalry ⓘ feudal military class ⓘ |
| abolished | 19th century Ottoman military reforms ⓘ |
| armor |
lamellar armor
ⓘ
mail armor ⓘ |
| basedOn | timar system ⓘ |
| commandStructure |
kapıkulu sipahi
ⓘ
provincial sipahi ⓘ timariot sipahi ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| declineCause |
expansion of janissary infantry
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monetization of timar revenues ⓘ rise of firearms ⓘ |
| duty |
collect rural taxes
ⓘ
local policing ⓘ maintain armed retainers ⓘ |
| equipment |
composite bow
ⓘ
horse ⓘ lance ⓘ shield ⓘ sword ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
Albanians
ⓘ
Bosniaks ⓘ Kurds ⓘ Turks ⓘ various Balkan converts to Islam ⓘ |
| landTenure |
timar
ⓘ
zeamet ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Ottoman Turkish ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | cavalry ⓘ |
| obligation | military service in exchange for land revenue ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ottoman Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman army
|
| peakPeriod |
15th century
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16th century ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
sipahi of the Porte
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spahi ⓘ timar system ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| role |
landholding military class
ⓘ
provincial cavalry ⓘ timar holder ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 19th century ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 14th century ⓘ |
| socialClass | askeri ⓘ |
| socialStatus | military nobility ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
beylerbey
ⓘ
sanjakbey ⓘ
surface form:
sanjak-bey
sultan ⓘ |
| tacticalRole |
flanking cavalry
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pursuit of routed enemies ⓘ shock cavalry ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Battle of Chaldiran
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Battle of Kosovo 1389 ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Kosovo (1389)
Battle of Lepanto ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Lepanto (1571)
Battle of Mohács (1526) ⓘ Battle of Nicopolis ⓘ Ottoman Empire in the Balkans ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman conquest of the Balkans
Ottoman–Habsburg wars ⓘ Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman–Mamluk War
Ottoman–Safavid conflict ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman–Safavid wars
Siege of Vienna (1529) ⓘ |
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Subject: Ottoman sipahi cavalry Description of subject: The Ottoman sipahi cavalry were elite feudal horsemen of the Ottoman Empire, serving as its main provincial military and landholding class for centuries.
Referenced by (4)
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