Ottoman Army of the Napoleonic Wars, 1798-1815
Ottoman Army of the Napoleonic Wars, 1798-1815 The Ottoman Empire was only marginally affected by the conflicts of the Napoleonic era; however, the period between the 1780s and 1820s was very…
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Ottoman Army of the Napoleonic Wars, 1798-1815
The Ottoman Empire was only marginally affected by the conflicts of the Napoleonic era; however, the period between the 1780s and 1820s was very important for the history and institutions of the multicultural state. It was a moment when reform became necessary not just as a palace experiment, but as a matter of life and death for the dynasty and empire alike. Scholars working on the Ottomans in the Balkans, Anatolia, Egypt, and Syria have reached something of a consensus about these years as a watershed for the Ottomans.
These emerged precisely because of shrinking borders, mobile military forces, and refugee populations. Survival in the Ottoman dynastic context meant engaging in a series of multilateral negotiations, not only with foreign powers, but also with a host of new military, intellectual, and religious elite groups. The struggle for survival was central to the changing