Azep - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Azep - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Ágoston, Gábor

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060815
Doc. NO	:	ALei1212
Main Entry	:	Ágoston, Gábor
Title & Author	:	Azep - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Ágoston, Gábor
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(750 words)
Abstract	:	The term azep (also azap ; in Ottoman orthography, ʿazeb ) denoted various types of soldiers in the Rum Seljuk (Rūm Saljūq) Empire, the maritime Turcoman principalities of Anatolia, and the Ottoman Empire. It derives from the Arabic word ʿazab , which means “bachelor” or “unmarried man or woman.” Azep s served in the armies (as infantry archers) and navies of the Anatolian Turcoman principalities as early as the seventh/thirteenth century. They were recruited from tax-paying Muslim subjects but were exempt from taxes during their service. The Ottomans adopted the same
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1212.pdf