...The core of the military force was a cavalry-based local army called sipāhi (estimated to number about 40,000 in the mid-16th century). In exchange for being allowed to collect and receive taxes from the fiefs (dirlik, a means of livelihood) given to them by the Sultan, the sipāhis maintained law and order in peacetime and managed agricultural production, and in wartime went to war with a number of retainers according to the size of their fiefs. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "dirlik" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…その軍事力の中心をなしたのはシパーヒーsipāhīとよばれる騎兵を中核とした在郷軍団(16世紀半ばには約4万騎と推定されている)であった。シパーヒーは,スルタンによって与えられた〈封土〉(ディルリキdirlik。生計手段の意)から生じる租税の徴収・取得権を認められる代償として,平時には治安の維持,農業生産の管理,戦時には〈封土〉の多寡に応じた数の従士を従えて出征した。… ※「dirlik」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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