#militarist

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Anti-militarist posters seen in Sydney in the lead-up to ANZAC day.

The traditional apparel of an Ottoman Knight, aka Turkish "Sipahi" - 17th century Ottoman Equestrian Warrior.

There were two types of Sipahi - the "Timarli" Sipahi (Ottoman army) and the "Kapikulu" Sipahi (Palace troops).

Timarli Sipahi were responsible to govern and collect taxes from the sultan's land, as well as provide security to its people. Timarli also worked alongside with the villagers in the fields, but had no right to owning property, only receive income from it.

The Kapikulu Sipahi were the household Calvary troops, serving in the Ottoman Palace and were considered the most organized, loyal, and feared military force. There were six divisions of Kapikulu Sipahi, the highest, most elite being the "Silahtars" (weapon masters). In order to be ranked a favored Silahtar, an Ottoman Solider had to commit a significant act proving their willingness to sacrifice their life…serdengectic (give their head) - i.e. enlist and survive a suicide mission.

Both the Timarli and Kapikulu trained continuously, and were known to be skilled horse archers, with the prowess to shoot while galloping. Their armor and weapons of choice were plated mail, chainmail, round shield, sword, composite bow, arrows, lance, mace, and axe.

In war, on the battlefield, the elite Silahtars were positioned as rear guards, reinforcing the larger, provincial Timarli army flanks. The Timarli served as the mobile striking arm, used to break the enemy's cohesion, by isolating and overwhelming them with numerical superiority, as the Silahtars showered the enemy with arrows from a distance.

“𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙨, 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙, 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡.” ~ 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞è𝙧𝙚𝙨, 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨

𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 if you are Warrior who…beneath all your weapons, shields, chainmail armor and epic claims of being an elite Silahtar Warrior back home…is really just a big, stoopid history nerd. Yeah, thought so.

"𝙄'𝙢 𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙. 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢𝙨." ~ 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙧𝙖

𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 this to anyone who tells you studying history is a waste. "𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚."

𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 for Daily Inspiration/Wisdom/Strategies from Sun Tzu's "The Art of War".

𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗘: 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀/𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘁

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