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Ottoman Factbook/News Thread

Current Leader:Sultan Selim III(as of 1800)

The Ottoman Empire as of 1800
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Sultan Selim III has enact these reforms for the Arm forces(Which he calls the Nizam-I Cedid, which in English means New Order Army). The New Army corps will serve side by side with the existing Janissaries army corps.

Army Organization reforms

It is divided into six separate armies (tr:Ordu). Each of these consists of two services, the Active (tr:Nizamia), and the Reserve, (tr:Riyadiks). The former contains two corps, under the command of their respective lieutenant-generals (tr: ) and the latter, also two corps, commanded in time of peace by a brigadier (tr:Liva); the whole Ordu being under the orders of a field-marshal (tr:Mushir).

The general staff of each army is coinposed of a commander-in-chief, two lieutenant-generals, three brigadiers of infantry, one of whom commands the reserve, two brigadiers of cavalry, and one brigadier of artillery. In each corps there are three regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, and one of artillery, with thirty-three guns. The total strength of these twelve regiments of the active force is 30,000 men, but it is diminished in time of peace by furlough to an effectiv strength of about 25,000 men in three of the six armies.The whole establishment of this branch amounts, therefore, to 180,000 men, belonging to the active service, but its effective strength is at present 123,000.

The reserve of four of the six armies consists in eleven regiments of six of infantry, four of cavalry, and one of artillery; composing a force of 12,000 effective soldiers, while the other two armies have notvet their reserve of soldiers who have served five years. In time of war, however, the reserve would form two corps of 25,000 men in each army; giving a total of 300,000. The two services, therefore, as they now stand, form an effective force of 835,000 men; and when their full strength shall have been filled up it will amount to 480,000.

Besides these six armies there are four detached corps; These four corps raise the effective strength of the standing army to 365,000 men.

* the Island of Crete, consisting of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, in all 11,000 men;
* the Pashalik of Tripoli in Africa, composed of one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry, about 5,000 strong;
* the Pashalik of Tunis, composed of one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry, about 5,000 strong;
*Pashalik of Algeria
consisting of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, in all 11,000 men.( yet to be formed)
*Pashalik of Egypt
consisting of four regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, in all 25,000 men;
* the Island of Cyprus consisting of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, in all 11,000 men;
* the central artillery corps,
o a brigade of sappers and miners with engineer officers,
o the veteran artillery brigade,
o the permanent artillery garrisons of the fortresses on the
+ The Hellespont,
+ The Bosphorus,
+ The Danube, in Serbia, on the Adriatic,
+ The coast of Asia Minor, in the islands of the Archipelago,
+ the southern shores of the Black Sea; in all 9,000 men.

The marines, sailors, and workmen, enrolled in brigades, amount to 34,000 men; The grand total of armed men at the disposal of Ottomans, in the event of her existing resources being called into play, may, therefore, be quoted at no less than 664,000 men, without having recourse to occasional levies, which are more easily and efficiently realized in Ottoman Empire than in any other country.

In Secret
In other news, Sultan Selim III has send orders to his garrison commanders in Tripoli, Tunis and Algeria to "take care" of the rebellious regional governors ..it was only a matter of time..before the these regions of the Empire would be under direct Ottoman rule once again.

Also Sultan Selim III orders army of Janissaries to organize an Ordu(Army) at Damascus. The size of the army was 20,000,6,000 were Janissaries and 10,000 were regional recruits and 2,000 Calvary, plus 20 cannons for the artillery corp. to march on French in Egypt and retake the region for the Ottoman Empire.

In Public News
Sultan Selim III has order the created of an national bank, help the state to save money and minted coins for the state economy in the hopes of stabilize the state economy. Also the Sultan, has passed an edict stating if an Ottoman elite family were to become involved in trading, they will get government aid in starting up their trading companies and etc. (OOC: Just slowly but surely taking away powerful in terms of economic power from the Greeks and Jews and giving it more to the Ottoman Muslims.)


Notice to the French, Prussian, and British Governments

The Ottoman Empire would ask that your nation would to send advisers to help our nation train her armies and help in building our navy in the defense of the Ottoman State, we request your help.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the French hold Egypt right now?

In other news, Sultan Selim III has send orders to his garrison commanders in Egypt,Tripoli, Tunis and Algeria to "take care" of the rebellious regional governors

The way this is written seems to suggest that local rebels are the one holding that area.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the French hold Egypt right now?



The way this is written seems to suggest that local rebels are the one holding that area.


OOC: I just realize the French are in Egypt that atm, will fixed that one and yeah the Ottomans had little power over those regions...it all in name...something I will fixed soon...

Actually the British had the control over Egypt (and thus the Suez canal)...

Actually the British had the control over Egypt (and thus the Suez canal)...

Wrong time period... Suez was built on December 15, 1858... And Egypt is currently controlled by the French on January 1st 1800, the beginning of this RP.

Actually the British had the control over Egypt (and thus the Suez canal)...
It wasn't intill 1882, the British garrison troops and made Egypt a protectorate and yeah its the year 1800, and the Ottomans still have contral over Egypt, as long as they can kick the French out..that's another matter..

Terms of the Ottoman-Austrian Treaty

1.Non-agression pact for 5 years
2. Ottoman Empire shall sell the regions of Wallachia and Moldovia for 500,000 gold ducates,to be paid during four years.

Sept 1800

Sultan Selim III has order two first rate Ships of the Line to build at Istanbul Shipyards, plus four frigates. These ships will compete by 1804, and ready to be deploy in the defense of the Empire.

Currently the Ottoman Empire has the following

Two Ships of the Line (second rate)
Four Frigates(fourth-rate)
Eight Sloop-of-War

OOC: This thanks to Austrians paying 500,000 gold ducates, for Romanian Regions.

Oct, 1800
The Ordu(Army) of Damascus has march all the way from Damascus to Cairo and officially set up a new garrison for the Region and the Sultan orders of installing a loyal regional government and also to remove any disloyal elements in the region. The Ordu of Damascus shall change its name to the Ordu of Egypt, just making it the officially garrison of the region.

The size of the army is currently 20,000,6,000 are Janissaries and 10,000 are regional recruits and 2,000 Calvary, plus 20 cannons for the artillery corp.


In other news Sultan Selim III, has made Muhammad Ali Pasha, his new Grand Vizier and the Muhammad Pasha has promise to help in the reforms to improve the Ottoman Army and rebuild the Ottoman Navy to its greatest height once again.


Also yet another Ordu is being organize in Baghdad, the size of this Ordu is roughly 18,000 troops, 8,000 are Janissaries, 4,000 are regional recruits and 4,000 are Calvary, plus 20 cannons for the artillery. It won't be ready for combat in till Jan of 1801. Rumors in the Sultan Court, is that this army will send to conquer all of Arabia once and all for.

Bonaparte offers to pull his remaining troops out of Eqypt in exchange for safe passage and a peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire, as well as Ottoman escorts to the central Mediterrian.

Bonaparte offers to pull his remaining troops out of Eqypt in exchange for safe passage and a peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire, as well as Ottoman escorts to the central Mediterrian.
Sultan Selim III agrees to Bonaparte offer and will allow the French to leave Egypt under the terms of safe passage.

A meesenger swiftly comes with a letter from The Rebel Lands of Russia.

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We the people of the Christian Lands of Russia will never help infidels such as yourselves we only send prayer that you are cursed in your dealings. As for the French agreeing to withdraw I am disgusted at your poor decisions, these are infidels and they deserve to die. We shall meet again in the near future.
-Commodor Berzak

Nov,1800

The Ordu of Egypt is now going to be known as the Pashalik of Egypt corp it will be consisting of four regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, in all 25,000 men.

Grand Vizier Muhammad Ali Pasha with Sultan Selim III permission, has increase the number of ships to build by the Ottoman Shipyard by the following

Four first rate Ships of the Line to build at Istanbul Shipyards, plus eight frigates and ten sloop-of-War These ships will compete by 1805, and ready to be deploy in the defense of the Empire by Jan, 1806.

Currently the Ottoman Empire has the following

Two Ships of the Line (second rate)
Four Frigates(fourth-rate)
Eight Sloop-of-War

OOC: I just incease the number of ships, that I going to build

A meesenger swiftly comes with a letter from The Rebel Lands of Russia.

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We the people of the Christian Lands of Russia will never help infidels such as yourselves we only send prayer that you are cursed in your dealings. As for the French agreeing to withdraw I am disgusted at your poor decisions, these are infidels and they deserve to die. We shall meet again in the near future.
-Commodor Berzak

OOC: And that gets a giant "Who the hell are you?"

Dec 1800

Under the advice of Grand Vizier Muhammad Ali Pasha, Sultan Selim III has send a message to the Beys of Algeria, Tunis and Tripoli to stop raiding the shipping lanes of the Western European Nations and stop supporting Pirates and being arresting them for their crimes.

Jan 1801
Now one month later, the Sultan Selim III got his reply from his orders to stop the raiding of shipping. The reply basically said to hell with you, Sultan in a matter of speaking. The enraged Sultan Selim III order entire Ottoman Fleet which is Two Ships of the Line (second rate),Four Frigates(fourth-rate) and Eight Sloop-of-War, plus 6 transport ships which are carrying 1400 troops(all Janissaries ) in total. To take out each rouge Bey and being them back under direct rule of the Sultan and install more loyal Beys to theses regions. It will take roughly three months before this fleet will be ready to leave port and head to the first Bey, which was the Bey of Tripoli..

Overnight, loyal representatives of the Ottoman Empire are murdered in their sleep. Any garrisons in Tripoli either revolt, or are attacked in the night by servants of the Bey.

The Bey of Tripoli announces his intention to defeat the "Imperialistic swine in Istanbul" and declares that Tropolitania is now an independent kingdom.

The new King of Tripolitania calls for recruits to defeat the Ottomans. He also calls on the cities of Algiers and Tunis, urging them to join him in rebellion, lest they too suffer the rape of their cities by the overbearing Empire.

Secret IC: The Bey asks Morocco for help, either in outright war against the Ottomans or with weapons, money, and ships. He also points out that if the Barbary States fall, Morocco would be in danger from the Empire.

Roughly two week later

Te Sultan of Morocco sends back word and state he gives his moral support to the rebel Bey...that's about it

As for the Bey of Tunis and Algeria, they just give their moral support and decide to take a wait and seen approach to this rebellion. So in matter of speaking, they want to see if you can make it, then their support you, if you can't...then at least they won't target by the Ottomans for siding the rebellion...


In March of 1801,

The Ottoman Fleet sets sail and heads to Tripoli, under the orders to kill the rebel bey and his supporters. Plus 2,000 Soldiers( 500 of these soldiers are Calavry) and plus 20 cannons from Egypt Garrison have been order to march to Benghazi and take the port city from Bey of Tripoli contral and use as a base against the rouge Bey.

In the meantime, the King has assembled a 1600-man army. However, only a quarter of that number are actually loyal to him, with the rest joining out of fear of a sack of Tripoli.

He dispatches a group of 100 horsemen (his entire cavalry) to harass the Ottoman troops as make the trek across the desert. They are ordered to avoid engaging the Ottomans directly, but to fill wells, burn or take food, and otherwise make the crossing difficult. He also orders the cities of Derna, Tripoli, and Banghazi fortified, and militia drafted.

The King's forces stand as follows:
1600 regular infantry (900 Tripoli, 300 Derna, 300 Banghazi, 100 cavalry)
10,000 militia (3000 Derna, 3000 Banghazi, 3000 Tripoli)
22 cannons
2 sloops-of-war
15 smaller vessels

OOC: With the Permission of Clan, the War Mod, I will post the results for this battle.

IC:

The Ottoman Army of 2,000 Soldiers (500 of these soldiers are Calvary) and plus 20 cannons under the command of Hamet Karamanli,,marched for nearly 50 days, during this 500 mile trek across the Libyan desert. The Ottoman troops had taken losses from soldiers being to weak and unable to keep marching on during the trek. The Ottomans loosed about 50 men to heat related deaths. Yet during the trek, The Ottomans were able to kill off most of the raiders send by Yussif Karamanli, the "King" of Tripoli..(About 60 got killed in the exchanges and 20 Ottoman soldiers got killed also..) When the Ottoman forces finally reached the port city of Derna, the capitol of the province of Cyrenaica on May 1st of 1801.

First thing ,Commander Hamet Karamanli did ,was to send his 500 Calavry riders to go the other side of the city and cut off the roads to Tripoli, just preventing the small rebel garrison from retreating or getting more troops. Commander Hamet Karamanli orders his men to set up camp and rest a few days while his men get ready to attack the rebel garrison. During this time, the rebel commander Hassan Bey uses this time to have his troops dig in and wait for the Ottomans to attack, he nearly 3300 men under his command and 3,000 of them were militia and 300 were trained soldiers.

The Attack

On May the 4th of 1801,

Commander Hamet Karamanli order his artillery officers to began shelling the city at one o'clock in the afternoon, all 20 cannons began shelling the city for about two hours nonstop in the hopes of making the defenders weak and the constant shelling and uneasy. By 3 o’clock, Commander Hamet Karamanli lead his troops into battle, the defended were able at first to fend off the Ottoman Attackers, yet the Ottoman had more trained then their rebel counterparts who were mainly ill trained and the train one were defending Commander Hassan Bey and not in the front lines. By the end of the day around 6 o’clock, The Ottoman forces manger to take the city while losing 100 men in the battle overall. As for the rebels, the Militia loses about 100 men and the others were just were captured, as for the 300 train rebel soldiers, 100 were killed in the battle and the others were captured.

The Ottomans losses in total from the march and battle, 160 soldiers died in their campaign.

As for the Rebels, they loose 260 men and 2740 are captured and half of them were behead for rebelling as warning to anyone who would dare to rebel against the Empire.


After retaking Derna, Commander Hamet Karamanli orders his men to march on Banghazi, which will take him nearly two weeks to get there.


As for the Ottoman Fleet heading to Tripoli, they were two days away from the port, and will soon face the Rebel fleet before they could land their soldiers to retake the City.

[Placeholder until I work out the naval battle]

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Naval Mod

The defeat at Derna does much to loosen the King's hold on Tripoli. Muttering in the streets is common, and the people are unsure of the King's ability to rule.

Realizing that he has no chance of taking the Ottoman fleet at sea, the King orders for his ships to be stripped of cannons. This yelds a total of 168 small cannon. 40 of the cannon are sent to Banghazi, and the commander of the garrison there orders his troops to dig in. The King also drafts more men into the militia, citing the "murder of innocents who wanted nothing more than to defend themselves".

The King also sets to work building fortification in Tripoli and to a lesser extent Banghazi. Hearing stories of the defeat in Derna, he makes sure to station his better-trained infantry in more forward positions in order to prevent a rout.

Total forces:
800 Infantry (500 Tripoli, 300 Banghazi)
9000 Militia (5000 Tripoli, 4000 Banghazi)
22 Field Cannons (8 Banghazi, 14 Tripoli)
168 Small Cannons (128 Tripoli, 40 Banghazi)

May of 6th of 1801, the Ottoman Fleet is nearly 20 miles away from Tripoli, under the cover of darkness. The size of the force was Two Ships of the Line (second rate), Four Frigates (fourth-rate) and Eight Sloop-of-War, plus 6 transport ships, which are carrying 1400 troops (all Janissaries) and 20 cannons in total. The Ottoman Commander for this fleet, gives that his landing forces split in two groups of 700 Janissaries and land four miles outside of the city itself, just allowing Ottomans to attack the city from two sides. The Ottoman Commander also assigns all the fleets marines, which was about 200 officers to join the landing forces, just making the total landing force for two strike forces 800 each group. By 5:00 A.M that morning the Ottoman forces land on the beaches four miles outside of Tripoli and they quickly organize them before marching onto the City. Its take them nearly two hours to get ready and organize for the match each group had 10 cannons with them.

By 7 o’clock the two groups began marching on Tripoli, its take nearly one hour and thirty minutes before they reach the outer limits of the city, so around 8:30 in the morning. As for the Fleet, it has already began its blockade of the city, around 7 o’clock. They began shelling the cities, even thought the effects of the shelling were minimize by the earthworks and fortifications set up by the rouge Bey of Tripoli, yet most of the defense works semi incomplete when the Ottomans came. Yet the effects of the constant shelling took its total on the militia of the King army, who loyalties are questionable, since most of the militia were force into the army by the kings men and there was a strong chance that they might switch sides at the last minute to gain the favor of the Sultan Army.

At 9 o’clock in the morning the Ottoman Army began its attack on the Tripoli by shelling the city one last time from land artillery corps, after that. The city of Tripoli was under attack from two sides, the both groups began their attack change on the Rebels lines. The rebels were well dig in, and with the regular rebel troops station in the fronts line, made the battle much more harder for the Ottomans to take the city. As the battle went on…the fighting was bloody as soldiers from both sides got caught in the cross fire of rebel cannons trying to shell the Ottoman soldiers. As the battle went on, it boiled down to hand to hand fighting in some areas of the city. Yet, for the rebels, the tide of the battle was slowly turning against them..as more regulars get killed and some militia decide to switch sides at the last minute…as the battle progress ,the Ottoman forces manger to break thought the rebel lines and head to Governor Palace and storm the palace and quickly killed the rebel King Yussif Karamanli by beheading him and then they put his head on a pike. It takes the Ottomans all day to take the city, the suffer major loses in the battles and pay with blood for retaking the city.


The Battle was very costly for both sides

The Ottomans loss nearly half their forces in the fight around 600 soldiers are killed
As for the Rebels, all 500 soldiers were killed, plus 400 militiamen..


As for Benghazi
Commander Hamet Karamanli forces reach the city after two weeks of marching, right when he reaches the city, he get words that the Ottoman Forces have taken Tripoli and killed the King of Tripoli. He decides to a message to the rebel commander of Benghazi, he tells him that if he would give up and lay down his arms, he would allow him and his men to leave the city without fear of being killed.

The commander of Banghazi was one of the Bey's most loyal servants. He refuses to surrender.

The next day, the commander is found murdered in his bed. His second-in-command declares himself a loyal servant of the Ottoman Empire and surrenders the garrison.

Commander Hamet Karamanli who was true to his word, accept the oath of loyal from the rebel garrison and he allow them to live another day. The Sultan rewarded him, by making him the new loyal bey of Tropolitania. With new spreading to the remaining Beys of Tunis and Algeria, their reactions were the following, the Bey of Tunis agrees to follow the Sultan demands and the Bey stops allowing pirates from using his ports and seizes their ship, plus he arrest the Captains of these ships. As to show his willingness to follow the Sultan edicts, he even disband most of his army and allows the Ottomans set up an official garrison in Tunis. This mainly out of fear that, the Ottomans would go after him like Tripoli. As for Algeria, the Bey doesn't say anything similar to the Bey of Tunis, since he was farther from Ottoman main bases and had more wealth and was able to build up his arm forces, he just states he is still a loyal Bey to the Ottoman Empire.

Yet the Ottomans would not deal with Algeria right away, since the region was too far for them at moment and plus they don't want to spread themselves thin. They decide to leave Algeria alone and just build up their garrisons in Tripoli and Tunis for now...Right now the Ottomans were now focusing on Arabia..

With the permission of Sultan Selim III, Grand Vizier Muhammad Ali Pasha has enacted the following reforms for the Ottoman Empire as a whole

The Reforms of 1801( as of June)

1. To keep up with the cost of reforming the army and training the New Order Crops, the Grand Vizier has send orders to established a long-staple cotton as a cash crop, and re-shaped Egyptian agriculture to orient toward cotton production, in order to fund and support the arm force reforms. Also a number of textile factories must build in Turkey, Syria and Egypt to process the cotton.These orders has been send to the Governor of Egypt, and he has order this edict has been enacted.

2.Aslo the Established of state educational institutions, a teaching hospital, roads and canals, factories to turn out uniforms and munitions to build throughout the Empire, and a shipbuilding foundry at Alexandria.

3. The abolition of an odious and unfairly imposed capitation tax

4.the repression of slave trading, and

5. Various provisions for the better administration of the public service and for the advancement of commerce.


IIn Secret,

With more and more Janissaries being send out to fight in the Sultan wars, the Janissaries were being kept busy by fighting all the time, and with most of them deployed outside of Istanbul, Just giving the Sultan enough time to train his new army corps and hopefully one day. he’ll crush the Janissaries crops and being more reform the Ottoman State.

In Public as of Late May of 1801 and early June of 1801
The Commander of the Ordu of Baghdad, who was Ibrahim Pasha, who happens to be the son of Grand Vizier Muhammad Ali Pasha, got the orders from the Sultan to march into Nejd and crush the rising Saudi threat to Ottoman Interest in the region. With that, he march his troops out of Baghdad and headed to Ha'il to meet with allies of the Ottoman state in the region, who were the Rashidi clan, its take them four long weeks to reach Ha'il where they meet their local allies, the Rashidi, who agree to join them in war against the Saudies and they agree to send up to 400 riders from their clan to help the Ottoman in the war. For now, Ibrahim Pasha sets up his base in Ha'il and allow his men rest before he goes out to fight the Saudis.

The size of this Ordu is roughly 18,000 troops, 8,000 are Janissaries, 4,000 are regional recruits and 4,000 are Calvary, plus 20 cannons for the artillery and plus 400 Arab tribesmen.

The Arabian Campaigns of July to December of 1801 and up to early March of 1802

Commander Ibrahim Pasha order his troops and allies to move out of Ha’il as of July 1,1801. His army was 18,000 troops in total, 8,000 are Janissaries, 4,000 are regional recruits and 4,000 are Calvary, plus 20 cannons for the artillery and plus 400 Arab tribesmen allies. They began to march thought the deserts of Arabia and made their head to Riyadh, the strong hold of the Saudi State. After nearly one week of marching, the Ottoman Army ran into the Saudi army lead by Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad bin Saud, they were on their way to raid Southern Ottoman Iraq, when they ran into the Ottoman Army. The size of the Saudi army was about 5,000 horsemen arm with muskets and swords.

The Battles of the Sands
The two armies fought each other in the same area , where they met each other. The battle itself was massive as the Saudi forces and Ottomans forces fought intensely in the sands of the Arabia deserts, both sides were taking heavy loses,but the Ottomans did have advantages with Cannons and trained marksmen.. Which proved fatal for the tribesmen who took heavy looses and their leader Abdul Aziz was killed in the battle, with the there leader death the remaining Saudis fled the battlefield. Just giving the battle to the Ottomans. Yet was this the end of the House of Saudi…we shall soon see..

Death totals

1200 Ottoman troops killed in action.

2000 Tribesmen kill and 1000 capture by Ottoman Forces

With the Saudis power base crushed, the Ottomans forces lead by Ibrahim Pasha march into Riyadh and he proclaim all of Nejd as a part of the Ottoman Empire as of July 28,1801. Then the Ibrahim Pasha orders his men to build a fort in the city, so that the garrison had somewhere to stay in. Yet Ibrahim Pasha did more then he was order too, he send out his 4,000 Calvary and his 200 Arab tribesmen riders allies to the Persian Gulf states and he send word that if they didn’t agree to Ottoman Rule over their states, he would come and ransack their cites. With that the Persian States bow to his will and agree to become protectorates of the Ottoman and allow officially garrisons to be base in their lands. Throughout August and September, he organize his army to include more local Arab tribesmen to join him and he got around 2,000 to join in turn, he would pay them a reward for serving under him.

In November of 1801, he send out two armies, one to the conquest all of Yemen and one to the conquest all of Oman. His forces had manger to take Aden, Yemen, with only losing 400 soldiers. But for Oman, the Ottomans had to fight a bloody war to take Muscat and all of Oman..it cost the Ottomans 600 solders and 1200 tribesmen to crush the Oman forces, By the end of March , Oman and Yemen were completely under Ottoman rule, yet the Ottomans still had to crush all the resistant to their rule in two regions.

As a reward for his conquest of all of Arabia, Sultan Selim III made Ibrahim Pasha the Emir of all Arabia. With that post as governor, Ibrahim quickly began building garrison throughout Arabia to make sure, that no one would be able to rebel against his rule in Arabia. Just insuring Ottoman rule in Arabia, yet these two massive campaigns in Arabia and in North Africa had cost the Ottoman much in terms of funds. For now the Ottomans will stop their campaigns and for now they will be busy stabilizing the newly add regions of the Empire. Which will be in constant state of rebellion for the first years of Ottoman rule…

The Arm Forces as of 1803
Army Organization reforms (On going)

It is divided into six separate armies (tr:Ordu). Each of these consists of two services, the Active (tr:Nizamia), and the Reserve, (tr:Riyadiks). The former contains two corps, under the command of their respective lieutenant-generals (tr: ) and the latter, also two corps, commanded in time of peace by a brigadier (tr:Liva); the whole Ordu being under the orders of a field-marshal (tr:Mushir).

In each corps there are three regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, and one of artillery, with thirty-three guns. The total strength of these twelve regiments of the active force is 30,000 men, but it is diminished in time of peace by furlough to an effectiv strength of about 25,000 men in three of the six armies.The whole establishment of this branch amounts, therefore, to 180,000 men, belonging to the active service, but its effective strength is at present 123,000.

The reserve of four of the six armies consists in eleven regiments of six of infantry, four of cavalry, and one of artillery; composing a force of 12,000 effective soldiers, while the other two armies have notvet their reserve of soldiers who have served five years. In time of war, however, the reserve would form two corps of 25,000 men in each army; giving a total of 300,000. The two services, therefore, as they now stand, form an effective force of 835,000 men; and when their full strength shall have been filled up it will amount to 480,000.

Besides these six armies there are four detached corps; These four corps raise the effective strength of the standing army to 365,000 men.

* the Island of Crete, consisting of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, in all 11,000 men;
* the Pashalik of Tripoli in Africa, composed of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, about 11,000 strong;
* the Pashalik of Tunis, composed of one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry, about 5,000 strong;( Temporary disband)
*Pashalik of Algeria
consisting of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, in all 11,000 men.( yet to be formed)
*Pashalik of Egypt
consisting of four regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, in all 25,000 men;
· the Island of Cyprus composed of one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry, about 5,000 strong;
· * the central artillery corps,
o a brigade of sappers and miners with engineer officers,
o the veteran artillery brigade,
o the permanent artillery garrisons of the fortresses on the
+ The Hellespont,
+ The Bosphorus,
+ The Danube, in Serbia, on the Adriatic,
+ The coast of Asia Minor, in the islands of the Archipelago,
+ the southern shores of the Black Sea; in all 9,000 men.

The marines, sailors, and workmen, enrolled in brigades, amount to 34,000 men; The grand total of armed men at the disposal of Ottomans, in the event of her existing resources being called into play, may, therefore, be quoted at no less than 664,000 men, without having recourse to occasional levies, which are more easily and efficiently realized in Ottoman Empire than in any other country.

Current number of Ships
2 Ships of the Line (Second rate)
, 1 Frigate
, 3 Sloops of War

Ships currently being build at the Istanbul Shipyards

4xFirst Rate Ships of the Line
8xEight Frigates
10xsloop-of-War
These ships will compete by 1805, and ready to be deploy in the defense of the Empire by Jan 1806.


In other news

Sultan Selim III has made the Emir of Arabia Ibrahim Pasha step down and to be reappointed at the Governor of Egypt. Also by the request of the Bey of Tripoli, the Sultan has sent more troops to the garrison in order to protect the region from attack.

After Recent defeats at the hands of the Spanish and Italians, The Ottoman turks have requested advisors from the Prussian Army to help train their armies and militia to fight better.

On Board the Frigate Jefferson, the Sloops Beowulf and Danzig Along with one Transport ship this little squadron sets out for Constantinople to off load the 250 Officers of the Advisor forces and to train alongside the Ottoman Navy, which has proved itself profecient in taking on a larger Naval force in Hit and Run tactics which the New Prussian Navy would like to adapt.

The Arm Forces as of 1803
Army Organization reforms (On going)

It is divided into six separate armies (tr:Ordu). Each of these consists of two services, the Active (tr:Nizamia), and the Reserve, (tr:Riyadiks). The former contains two corps, under the command of their respective lieutenant-generals (tr: ) and the latter, also two corps, commanded in time of peace by a brigadier (tr:Liva); the whole Ordu being under the orders of a field-marshal (tr:Mushir).

The general staff of each army is coinposed of a commander-in-chief, two lieutenant-generals, three brigadiers of infantry, one of whom commands the reserve, two brigadiers of cavalry, and one brigadier of artillery. In each corps there are three regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, and one of artillery, with thirty-three guns. The total strength of these twelve regiments of the active force is 30,000 men, but it is diminished in time of peace by furlough to an effectiv strength of about 25,000 men in three of the six armies.The whole establishment of this branch amounts, therefore, to 180,000 men, belonging to the active service, but its effective strength is at present 123,000.

The reserve of four of the six armies consists in eleven regiments of six of infantry, four of cavalry, and one of artillery; composing a force of 12,000 effective soldiers, while the other two armies have notvet their reserve of soldiers who have served five years. In time of war, however, the reserve would form two corps of 25,000 men in each army; giving a total of 300,000. The two services, therefore, as they now stand, form an effective force of 835,000 men; and when their full strength shall have been filled up it will amount to 480,000.

Besides these six armies there are four detached corps; These four corps raise the effective strength of the standing army to 365,000 men.

* the Island of Crete, consisting of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, in all 11,000 men;
* the Pashalik of Tripoli in Africa, composed of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, about 11,000 strong;
* the Pashalik of Tunis, composed of one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry, about 5,000 strong;( Temporary disband)
*Pashalik of Algeria
consisting of three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, in all 11,000 men.( yet to be formed)
*Pashalik of Egypt
consisting of four regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, in all 25,000 men;
· the Island of Cyprus composed of one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry, about 5,000 strong;
· * the central artillery corps,
o a brigade of sappers and miners with engineer officers,
o the veteran artillery brigade,
o the permanent artillery garrisons of the fortresses on the
+ The Hellespont,
+ The Bosphorus,
+ The Danube, in Serbia, on the Adriatic,
+ The coast of Asia Minor, in the islands of the Archipelago,
+ the southern shores of the Black Sea; in all 9,000 men.

The marines, sailors, and workmen, enrolled in brigades, amount to 34,000 men; The grand total of armed men at the disposal of Ottomans, in the event of her existing resources being called into play, may, therefore, be quoted at no less than 664,000 men, without having recourse to occasional levies, which are more easily and efficiently realized in Ottoman Empire than in any other country.

Current number of Ships
2 Ships of the Line (Second rate)
, 1 Frigate
, 3 Sloops of War

Ships currently being build at the Istanbul Shipyards

4xFirst Rate Ships of the Line
8xEight Frigates
10xsloop-of-War
These ships will compete by 1805, and ready to be deploy in the defense of the Empire by Jan 1806.


In other news

Sultan Selim III has made the Emir of Arabia Ibrahim Pasha step down and to be reappointed at the Governor of Egypt. Also by the request of the Bey of Tripoli, the Sultan has sent more troops to the garrison in order to protect the region from attack.


Uhhhh a general staff doesn't exist yet. No army in the world has one, not even me. It didn't come about till 1806-7 in the Prussian Army.

To make up in shortfalls do the wars, that Ottoman Empire has been fighting. The Sultan government has enact Temporary land taxs and income tax of 2 percent for now. Intill the Ottoman Empire returns to peace, these taxs will remain in place.