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Sultan (سلطان) is a word of Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". By the beginning of the 16th century, the title of sultan, carried by both men and women of the Ottoman dynasty, was replacing other titles by which prominent members of the imperial family had been known (notably hatun for women and bey for men), with imperial women carrying the title of "Sultan ...
Most of the consorts of the Ottoman sultans were slave concubines rather than legal wives. The phrase "consort" includes all consorts, both legal wives and concubines. Concubines was by Islamic law by definition slaves, with different rights from wives. The consorts can be placed in the subcategories wives or concubines.
The Ottoman Empire was an absolute monarchy during much of its existence. By the second half of the fifteenth century, the sultan sat at the apex of a hierarchical system and acted in political, military, judicial, social, and religious capacities under a variety of titles.
Kazi or Kadi (Ottoman Turkish: قاضی, Modern Turkish: kadı): a judge. Kazasker (Ottoman Turkish: قاضيعسكر, Modern Turkish: kadıasker): one of the two chief judges of the Ottoman Empire, entrusted with military matters. Kharaji (Carzeri, Caragi), a non-Muslim who pays the kharij. Khatib, a leader of Friday prayers.
Below is a list of people who would have been heirs to the Ottoman throne following the abolition of the sultanate on 1 November 1922. [46] These people have not necessarily made any claim to the throne; for example, Ertuğrul Osman said "Democracy works well in Turkey." [47] Ottoman family members including Şehzade Ömer Faruk and Sabiha Sultan.
This new army was formally named the Trained Victorious Soldiers of Muhammad, the Mansure Army for short. By 1830, the army expanded to 27,000 troops and included the Sipahi cavalry. By 1838, all Ottoman fighting corps were included and the army changed its name to the Ordered troops. This military corps lasted until the end of the empire's ...
The Ottoman (most are) rectangular flags have a triangular fly, and usually have a border. Flags exhibited a determined state ideology to Ottomans. [15] Ottoman military flags were to the highest standards. Some of the best traits of Asian flags were used by the Ottoman military in combination and often with elaboration.
Ottoman Classical Army was the military structure and the founding and main army established by Mehmed II, during his reorganization of the state and the military efforts. This is the major reorganization following Orhan I which organized a standing army paid by salary rather than booty or fiefs.