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  Hist120
A timariot's peacetime responsibilities was to manage his village, keep track of the population, protect it from bandits, settle local disputes, and collect taxes.
A timariot's wartime responsibility was to serve in the army fully equipped by using the surplus tax proceeds from the timar.
The sankukliks were both the military and the civilian superiors of the timariots.
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  Timariots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A timariot (or timar holder; timarlu in Turkish) was an irregular cavalryman that served the Ottoman sultan and in return was granted a fief called a timar.
When on campaign, the timariots were organized into regiments called alays that were commanded by alay beys (or beg).
A province in the 16th century could muster some thousand timariots, according to the size of the province.
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 Timariots -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The timariots had to assemble with the army when at war, and had to take care of the land entrusted to him in times of peace.
When at war, the timariot had to bring his own equipment and in addition a number of armed retainers (cebelu).
When on campaign, the timariots were organized into regiments called alays that were commanded by alay (The governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire) beys (or beg).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ti/timariots.htm   (359 words)

  
 Timariot Information
A timariot (or timar holder; timarlu in Turkish) was an irregular cavalryman that served the Ottoman sultan and in return was granted a fief called a timar.
The timariots had to assemble with the army when at war, and had to take care of the land entrusted to him in times of peace.
When on campaign, the timariots were organized into regiments called alays that were commanded by alay beys (or beg).
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Timariot   (327 words)

  
 The principles of Ottoman rule in the Balkans
Timariots and spahis were also administrative agents of the state, collecting taxes and maintaining local order in combination with local religous courts.
The end of conquest meant lean times for ghazis and timariots: they lost income and after 1650 were sometimes forced off their lands by Austrian or Russian armies.
Small-scale rural timariots were driven from their lands by rising expenses.
www.lib.msu.edu /sowards/balkan/lecture3.html   (4207 words)

  
 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).
uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553949/Ottoman_Empire.html   (2009 words)

  
 Timariots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A timariot (or timar holder; timarlu in Turkish) was an irregular cavalryman that served the Ottoman sultan and in return was granted a called a timar.
The timariots had to assemble with army when at war and had to care of the land entrusted to him times of peace.
Of course these great numbers were out all over the empire and could possibly serve in one campaign at a
www.freeglossary.com /Timariots   (291 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Military of the Ottoman Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
These horsemen became an irregular force of raiders used as shock troops, armed with simple weapons like bows and spears.
They were given fiefs called timars in the conquered lands, and were later called timariots.
Orhan I Orhan, Orhan Gazi or Orkhan (died 1359)was the second bey (chief) of the newborn Ottoman Empire (at the time known as the Osmanli tribe) from 1326 to 1359.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Military-of-the-Ottoman-Empire   (2074 words)

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