Talk:Yakup Ağa

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Janissary Sipahi doesn't exist

His father cannot be a janissary sipahi because such thing doesn't exist and never existed. I have never read or heard of such a thing like a janissary sipahi. What is that supposed to be then? Everybody with some knowledge about the Ottoman military system, would know:

That a janissary is an infantryman and a sipahi is a cavalryman. So it is impossible to be an infantry and cavalry soldier at the same time.
A sipahi was given land by the sultan in new conquered areas. This was not given to janissaries. Yakup Aga, was given land for his military services.
Janissaries were not allowed to marry, they lived in their barracks. So if Yakup Aga was a janissary how come he gets married?
Janissaries and Sipahis were different types of soldiers.
Also it is not possible to be an janissary and then turn into a sipahi and vice-versa.

THUS he was a Sipahi and NOT a Janissary Sipahi.

And I do no invent this, all other sources call his father a Sipahi. They do not mention anything about janissary.

If you want more information read the janissary and sipahi article.

I want to congratulate the person who found the source for 'janissary sipahi', because for finding such a weird source DragonTiger23 (talk) 11:26, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]