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French mercenaries in the Habsburg-Ottoman war of 1593–1606: the desertion of the Papa garrison to the Ottomans in 16001

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

C. F. Finkel
C. F. Finkel
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Imperial College, London
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The period from the late sixteenth century has been characterized in Ottoman historiography as one of fundamental change in the composition of the army. One of the features of this change was the gradual replacement of the tīmār-based cavalry force, to whom were awarded benefices in return for military service, by provincial levies able to use muskets (tüfenk), often hired only for the duration of a single campaign. Although the extent to which such changes were directly prompted by the supposedly superior technology which the Ottomans encountered when fighting the Habsburgs on their western borders remains open to further research, that there was a radical transformation which relied on the greatly increased use of firearms is beyond doubt.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , October 1992 , pp. 451 - 471
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1992

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