Ottoman Army The Ottoman Empire by the end

Ottoman Army The Ottoman Empire by the end of the 18 th Century. By: Alia Waleed, Manar El-Sallab and Ruby Adel

Topics: 1) Ottoman Military 1) Most significant battles 1) Devshirme System

Ottoman Military: Reasons for the success of the military in the Ottoman Empire: The Ottomans were experts at using gunpowder as a tool for their battles. Slaves in the army were strong and loyal to the Sultan. Had excellent political and military organization. ● People in the military were fully educated and were able to learn, understand speak several different languages along with their native language. ● Were able to plan and understand all aspects of war.

Rise and Fall ● Rise of the ottoman empire was because of the decline of the Middle East’s political systems. ● The reason behind this decline was because the Middle East’s culture was becoming old and constantly used, along with it’s civilizations. ● In the 17 th century, the Ottoman empire’s decline was basically the rise of Europe. ● The Ottoman empire later lost many lands, lost the control of its military and had trouble with its economy and politics. ● Then the rulers started to become more weak after the ten rulers that helped the empire become successful. ● The empire declined in sultan Mehmed VI’s reign.

The Most Significant Battles

Battle of Khotyn (1621) The battle was between a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army and the Ottoman army, it took place between the 2 nd of September 1621 and 9 th of October 1621, near Khotyn (Ukraine). Leaders of the battle were: Sultan Omar II, Khan Temir, Canibek Girey, and Grand Vizier Ohrilli Huseyin Pasha. Grand Hetman of Lithuania Jan Karol Chodkiewicz occupied all forces of Sultan Omar until he dies. The Ottomans deserted their army or military that protects them from their enemies, due to the losses they had during the attacks and season or climate changes. The result was the victory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army after a month.

Battle of Vienna (1683) The Ottomans started to siege Vienna on July the 14 th 1683 with approximately 138, 000 men with only 50, 000 that were professional turks who actually participated, they stayed there for almost 5 months. The battle took place on November the 12 th. Led by Sultan Suleiman I, who was short on camels. His goal was to destroy the land make it weaker for a later attack. For the European kingdoms and the Ottoman empire, the battle was a turning point in their three hundred year struggle. 16 years later, the Austrian habsburgs took over south Hungary and

Painting of the Battle of Vienna Placed in the Museum of Military History in Vienna

Siege of Plevna (1877) Ottoman army vs. Russian and Romanian army. Included four different battles. Three of them were defensive for the Ottomans and the last was the Ottomans’ defeat. It took place in Bulgarian town that the Ottomans’ ruled. In the first three battles, the Romans and Russians took parts of the land but the Ottomans took their land back. In the last battle, the Romanians and Russians took the land The Ottomans were left in a destroyed, hopeless position.

Devshirme System

Devshirme System They started using the system in the late 14 th Century. The Ottoman government forced Christian children to convert to Islam and forced them to work in the army for them, while other parents forced their children to go because they knew that they weren’t be considered slaves. Boys were evaluated every once in awhile on capabilities and intelligence to see if they would be able to go up a level and have harder requirements or not. When the Ottoman Army conquered Christian communities, the community was supposed to give up 20% of it’s children. Some of them worked in the military corps and were called Janissaries.

Devshirme System Some of the boys were taken to work for the Ottoman ruler, who is the Sultan. Boys who showed their loyalty to the sultan were granted jobs such as: - Guards - Scribes - Governors - Soldiers - Prime ministers ● Boys started entering the Devshirme system at the age of 6. Janissary guards protecting the sultan in the prayers.

Devshirme System → Janissaries → Sultan Janissaries are professional and are given many advantages. Janissaries included up to 100, 000 by the 17 th Century. Army members in an organized and synchronized training

Janissaries

Janissaries were a group in the standing army of the ottoman empire Janissaries were formed from the late 14 century to 1826 Christians that later converted to Islam were mainly the ones that joined the janissaries They started revolting in the 18 th century due to the interference of western soldiers

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