TRENDEFRAtlas of the Sultans · Glossary
Term · Army and navy
Also known as: Asakir-i Mansure
The new Ottoman army formed in 1826 after the abolition of the Janissary corps.
Its name means “the victorious soldiers of Muhammad”. The army was trained on the European model and placed under a serasker. The Asâkir-i Mansûre became the nucleus of the modern Ottoman army built up in the Tanzimat era.
Open the map in 1826Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, article “ASÂKİR-i MANSÛRE-i MUHAMMEDİYYE” (in Turkish); text condensed for the atlas.