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A bashi-bazouk (Ottoman Turkish: باشی بوزوق başıbozuk, IPA: [baʃɯboˈzuk], lit. ' one whose head is turned, damaged head, crazy-head ', roughly "leaderless" or "disorderly") was an irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, raised in times of war. The army chiefly enlisted Albanians and Circassians as bashi-bazouks, but ...
Die Başı Bozuk ( osmanisch باشی بوﺯق, auch Başıbozuk, Baschi-Bosuks) waren irreguläre Truppen des Osmanischen Reiches, die sich aus verschiedenen Bevölkerungsgruppen zusammensetzten.
Bashi-bazouk were mercenary troops of the Ottoman Empire, known for their lawlessness and brutality. Learn about their origin, history, and role in various wars from Britannica's editors.
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Ottoman bashi-bazouk, 1877-78. Batak 's role in the April Uprising was to take possession of Ottoman storehouses in surrounding villages and ensure that the insurgents would have provisions. Batak was also supposed to block main thoroughfares and prevent Ottoman soldiers from receiving supplies.
20. März 2020 · Learn about the history and depiction of bashi-bazouks, the irregular soldiers of the Ottoman army, in Orientalist paintings. See examples of their lavish costumes, unruly behaviour and romantic backstory by artists such as Gérôme and Joanowitch.
Bashi-Bazouk. Jean-Léon Gérôme French. 1868–69. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 804. This arresting picture was made after Gérôme returned to Paris from a twelve-week journey to the Near East in 1868.
A bashi-bazouk was an irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, raised in times of war. The army chiefly enlisted Albanians and Circassians as bashi-bazouks, but recruits came from all ethnic groups of the Ottoman Empire, including slaves from Europe or Africa.
