OTTOMAN MILITARY Janissaries – Elite infantry Spahis – Imperial cavalry Gazis or Akinjes – Auxiliary units Military slaves.

OTTOMAN MILITARY

Janissaries – Elite infantry

Spahis – Imperial cavalryGazis or Akinjes – Auxiliary

unitsMilitary slaves

Spahi Horsemen

Janissaries with Kettle

Janissaries in Battle

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Rule of Grand Viziersor

Koprulu Era(1656 – 1703)

Mehmed IV (“The Hunter”) 1648-87

Kara Mustafa Pasha

Vienna – September 12, 1683

Execution of Kara Mustafa

Mehmed IV (“The Hunter”) 1648-87

Suleyman II 1687-91

Suleyman II 1687-91

Ahmed II 1691-95

Mustafa II 1695-1703

Treaty of Karlowitz - 1699

Grand Viziers from Koprulu Family

• Koprulu Mehmed Pasha 1656-61

• Koprulu Fazil Ahmed Pasha 1661-76• Kara Mustafa Pasha

1676-81• Siyavus Pasha

1687-88• Koprulu Fazil Mustafa Pasha 1689-

91• Koprulu Huseyin Pasha 1697-

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