Seymen (
Turkish: ''seymen'' or ''seğmen'',
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: ''segban'', was a rank in the
Seljuk Seljuk (, ''Selcuk'') or Saljuq (, ''Saljūq'') may refer to:
* Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia
* Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities
* S ...
military, introduced at the time of the
Battle of Manzikert
The Battle of Manzikert or Malazgirt was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert, Iberia (theme), Iberia (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey). The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army ...
in 1071.
See also
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Sekban
The sekban were mercenaries of peasant background in the Ottoman Empire. The term ''sekban'' initially referred to irregular military units, particularly those without guns, but ultimately it came to refer to any army outside the regular military ...
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Martolos
The ''martolos'' was an internal security force of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans (''Rumelia''), mostly active between the 15th to 17th centuries. It initially constituted out of the local mostly Christian populations ( Rum Millet), but over ti ...
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Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire
Infantry units and formations
Turkish words and phrases
Auxiliary military units
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