| | Ottoman Empire - MSN Encarta |
 | | The more land that was conquered the more income for the Turkish Muslim ghazis to supplement what they won in booty. |
 | | Holders of timars (timariots) were not only Muslims; until the 16th century, Christian auxiliary forces drawn from the pre-Ottoman military classes were employed and paid in grants of revenues. |
 | | The original ghazi light horsemen were not adequate for the conduct of regular warfare, and from the mid-14th century the Ottomans began to recruit separate salaried troops from various sources including mercenaries, slaves, prisoners of war, and (from the mid-15th century) through a levy of Balkan Christian youths (the devshirme). |
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