Turkish Sipakhi's cavalrymen around 1707-08 Engraving by Gerard Scotin (source) |
British traveler Aaron Hill stated that there
were 2 504 Zaims & 51 579
Timars in 21 provinces by 1709. The average
number of Jabelu’s armed men per
Timar was 3, per Zaim – 10. So, it gives about 180 000 of Sipakhi (Timariot) mounted troops. See also Marsiglie's data of around 1680 (link)
Source: Hill A.
A Full and Just Account of the Present
State of the Ottoman
Empire . London, 1709. P. 25.
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