Timariots
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Timariot was the name given to a Sipahi cavalryman in the Ottoman army. In return for service, each timariot received a parcel of revenue called a timar, a fief, which were usually recently conquered
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Sanjak-bey
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Sanjak-bey, sanjaq-bey or -beg was the title given in the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and the Ottoman Empire to a bey appointed to the military and administrative command of a district. The position was t
Timariots
…determined by revenue. The number of the timariots in the sultan's army fluctuated between 50,000 and 90,000 men. Timariots were themselves organized by sanjak-beys who ruled over groups of timars. The sanjak-beys were subordinate to the beylerbeyi and then the sultan himself. This semi-feudal arrangement allowed…
Asafi Pasha was a Sanjak-bey for Shirvan and Dagestan from 1588.