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    During the period of the Crusades, turcopoles (also "turcoples" or "turcopoli"; from the Greek: τουρκόπουλοι, literally "sons of Turks") were locally recruited...
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  • All pages with titles beginning with Turk Grand Turk (disambiguation) Turcopole (literally "sons of Turks"), mounted archers and light cavalry employed...
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    merchant fleet, and a large number of mercenaries (including indigenous Turcopoles) hired with money donated to the kingdom by Henry II, King of England...
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    lightly armed mercenaries as cavalry in the 12th century that were known as turcopoles (the Greek term for descendants of Turks). Its meaning has been interpreted...
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  • class. Since then, followers gained when creating a stronghold include "Turcopole"-type horsed crossbowmen, there is already a hint of the crusades as an...
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    The Crusaders used conscripted cavalry and horse archers known as the Turcopole, made up of mostly Greek and Turks. Heavy horse archers, instead of skirmishing...
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    of turcopolier, who was in charge of local auxiliary forces known as turcopoles, and the admiral, who commanded the navy of the Order of Saint John. The...
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    From 7,000 to 40,000 from the rest of Europe and Outremer, plus some Turcopoles Ayyubids: 40,000 (Saladin's field army, 1189 – estimate) 5,000–20,000...
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    used as mercenary light cavalry in Italy in the later 15th century. Turcopole: A light mounted archer used extensively during the Crusades in the Middle...
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    battle in Gallipoli was fought between troops sent by King Milutin and Turcopole Halil Pasha (1312). The Emirate [Turkish] force, 3,100 strong, were in...
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  • fought at the end of 1312 or in 1313, between the Byzantines and the Turcopoles led by Halil Pasha. For two years, Thrace was occupied by Halil Pasha...
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    of Salerno's army of 700 knights, 3,000 foot soldiers and a corps of Turcopoles was defeated at the battle of Ager Sanguinis, or field of blood, and Roger...
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    Press, 2024), ISBN 978-1911717089 "The Military Role of the Frankish Turcopoles – a Reassessment", Mediterranean Historical Review 12 (1) (June 1997)...
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    more soldiers from every other source (Danes, Frisians, Genoese, Pisans, Turcopoles). Boas notes that this calculation doesn't account for losses in earlier...
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    crusaders, or, perhaps more often, Muslim soldiers, including the famous Turcopoles. Jerusalem was the centre of education in the kingdom. There was a school...
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    along with some Franks served as lightly armoured cavalrymen, called turcopoles. They were positioned to fight against the Turkic light cavalry and were...
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    even incorporated them within their ranks, along with the Maronites and Turcopoles. Two prominent Alawite leaders in the following centuries, credited with...
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    refer only to knights and give no account of the number of infantry and turcopoles, except that it is evident from the number of the dead and wounded that...
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    Farrukh Shah Gökböri Bektimur Strength 700 knights 9,000 infantry and Turcopoles 35,000 of which 9,000 were cavalry Casualties and losses Minor deaths...
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    Ayyubid threat. This force numbered about 130 knights, an unknown number of turcopoles and sergeants, and up to 400 infantry. On the morning of 1 May, the Frankish...
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  • rebel army of Palatine Amadeus Aba at Rozgony. Battle of Gallipoli 2,000 Turcopoles are annihilated by a combined Byzantine, Kingdom of Serbia, and Genoese...
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    700 knights, 500 Armenian cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers, including turcopoles, hastily formed into five divisions. These drew up in a V-shaped line...
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    well as many Turcopoles. Despite the Imperial Army's numerical superiority, the Alans withdrew after the first charge, whereupon the Turcopoles deserted en...
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  • Allies: Genoese fleet Turcopoles Victory Byzantine and Serbian forces defeat the Turks in a camp at Gallipoli peninsula Turcopoles surrender to the Genoese...
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  • pilgrims and Italian sailors to a size of 1,300–1,500 knights, 1,500 turcopoles and over 15,000 infantry. This was said to be the largest Latin army assembled...
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    employ them until the 12th century, nor were they used by the Baltic turcopoles of the Teutonic Order in the battle of Legnica (1241). An example of combined...
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  • research shows that Kladas was a Byzantine family, that was most likely of turcopole ultimate origin. The family can be traced back to a group, composed of...
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    Knights Hospitaller, who provided five hundred knights and five hundred turcopoles to attack Egypt and take it. Manuel Komnenos received the idea well. However...
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    border between Syria and Cilicia, 120 knights, along with some archers and Turcopoles, were ambushed near the town of Darbsâk (Terbezek). In the first phase...
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    regiments, the Alan auxiliary cavalry and also adding to them about 1,000 Turcopoles (baptized Turks), led by their commander Melekh, approached the Apros...
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