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The Ottoman cavalry sabre, or kilij (Ottoman Turkish: قلج, romanized: kılıc, Ottoman Turkish pronunciation: [/cɯlɯtʃ/]), is the Ottoman variant of the Turko-Mongol sabres originating in Central Asia. It was designed for mounted close combat, which was preferred by Turkish and Mamluke troops.
Treaty of Nasuh Pasha between Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia. Ottoman Empire gives up all gains made by Treaty of Istanbul of 1590. 1618: Treaty of Serav signed with the Safavid Empire after further losses in the Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18). 1622: May 20: Regicide of Osman II. Revolt of Abaza Mehmed Pasha. 1639
Artillery of the Ottoman Empire (1 C, 20 P) I. ... Pages in category "Weapons of the Ottoman Empire" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [23] [24] was an imperial realm [l] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. [25] [26] [27]
The medieval Ottoman Empire had become the first country to maintain a standing army in Europe since the days of the Roman Empire. [2] [need quotation to verify] [3] The force originated in the 14th century. The Ottoman army may have also the been the first to equip with firearms, which they acquired during the reign of Murad II (r. 1421–1451 ...
The earliest known examples of an "arquebus" date back to 1411 in Europe and no later than 1425 in the Ottoman Empire. [4] This early firearm was a hand cannon , whose roots trace back to China, with a serpentine lever to hold matches. [ 37 ]
Weapons of the Ottoman Empire (2 C, 34 P) Pages in category "Military equipment of the Ottoman Empire" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa.