"Ottoman Army Uniforms" Topic

Ottoman Army Uniforms, from 1800 until 1918 at link Dr Chris Flaherty has posted part of a draft of his forthcoming book which surveys the development of Ottoman Army Uniforms, from 1800 till 1918, it includes many coloured line drawings.

Thank you very much for posting the link to that.

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Looks interesting. Thanks for posting.

At last !!

Another useful set of Ottoman uniform plates: L'organisation de l'armée ottomane ( depuis sa création jusqu'à nos jours ) . Première partie depuis 1326 jusqu'à 1826, avec 247 gravures coloriées Istanbul Maktab Harbiyah Matbaasý, 1907 Some excellent coloured plates See website at link

Another useful set of Ottoman uniform plates: L'organisation de l'armée ottomane

These plates are used in a Turkish book: Osmanlı Ordu Teşkilatı, which has some larger images. The Orta emblems have conventinal numbering.
Some (perhaps all) of the pictures of early 19th century troops are based on illustrations by Octavien d'Alvimart, in Miller's The Costume of Turkey, 1802

Druzhina
sites of wargaming interest

Druzhina, Very many thanks for the helpful pointers. Most interesting.

Druzhina excellent links thank you so very much for such useful information. Any thoughts on which 28mm fgiures to use for Ottoman and Persian Forces of the Napoleonic Wars?

Dr Chris Flaherty has now posted his work at
ottoman-uniforms.com

His introduction to the site is reproduced below:

"AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE UNIFORMS & INSIGNIA: 1800 till 1918

Welcome to Ottoman Uniforms, a website intended to give an insight into the uniforms of the Ottoman Turkish Imperial Army and Navy, from its early beginning as a Modern Army, in 1800 till the end of the Great War, in 1918 for the English speaking wargamer, modeller or military historian.

This is a non-political historial exploration of the various uniforms that developed over a 120 period. Until recently there has been very little available in the English language on the uniforms, flags and insignia worn by Ottoman Turkish forces covering the full period 1800 – 1918.

This study identifies over 460 different uniforms worn by the Ottoman Turkish army, and navy from 1800 till 1918, with examples taken from surviving uniforms, period illustrations, written descriptions, and photographs.

Many of the terms, phrases and spellings of ranks are also used, to preserve what may have been original pronunciations. For instance, between 1880 and 1916 commonly the Ottoman rank of major, is written in German, and British references as ‘Bimbashi'. Whereas in modern Turkish it is correctly spelled as Binbashi (from the Turkish – a chief of a thousand). In this particular case, it is known that ‘Bimbashi' is actually soldier Arabic, a pidgin of Arabic which developed among the Anglo-Egyptian military (used typically between 1870 and 1920).

As well, two smaller studies have been done on the Tunisian Army (1820 till 1881), and Egypt Army (1820 till 1914).

Chris Flaherty"