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seyfiye

Ottoman institution

Also known as: askeriye

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In Ottoman Empire: Classical Ottoman society and administration
…Ottoman system; the military (seyfiye or askeriye) institution, which was responsible for expanding and defending the empire and keeping order and security within the sultan’s dominions; the administrative, or scribal (kalemiye), institution, organized as the imperial treasury (hazine-i amire), which was in charge of collecting and spending the imperial…
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