The army of the Ottoman Empire is the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire , the history of which is considered from the moment of its formation in the beginning of the XIV century until the formation of the Turkish Republic in 1923.
| Ottoman Army | |
|---|---|
 The flag of the army of the Ottoman Empire in 1793-1923. | |
| Years of existence | beginning of the 14th century - 1923 |
| A country |  Ottoman Empire |
History
The predecessor of the Ottoman Empire was the Seljuk Sultanate . In the 13th century, part of his army consisted of ghoul slaves, who were, as a rule, captured in the border possessions of Byzantium or among the nomads of the Northern Black Sea region . The other part was composed of Ikdish groups (children from mixed marriages of Christians and Muslims ) and Christian mercenary units. The main part was the Turkic cavalry. In 1209 , in connection with the beginning of the Mongol conquests , large masses of Turks rushed to Asia Minor . In 1243, the Seljuk army was defeated at Köse-dag , and a significant part of the sultanate was conquered by the Mongols in 3 months. Later, the sultans became vassals of the Ilkhans of the ulus Khulagu . The Seljuk dynasty ceased in 1307 . Osman I , initially the ruler of one of the Beiliks , founded a new dynasty and his descendants made a number of major conquests in the 14th century , absorbing a number of Beiliks, conquering Thrace and Macedonia , Serbia and Bulgaria . Bayazid I conquered the lands in Western Anatolia , Karaman and the Sivas Sultanate . In 1402, he was defeated by Timur , who restored the independence of the Beiliki, but soon they were again subordinated to the Ottoman sultans. Under the son of Bayazid Mehmed I , the system of the Ottoman armed forces was finally formed.