Sipahi

The sipahi (, , ) were professional cavalrymen of the Ottoman Empire. Sipahi units included the land grant–holding (timar) provincial timarli sipahi, which constituted most of the army, and the salaried regular kapikulu sipahi, or palace troops. However, the irregular light cavalry ("raiders") were not considered to be . The sipahi formed their own distinctive social classes and were rivals to the Janissaries, the elite infantry corps of the sultans.

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rebellions by Anatolian irregular troops against the Ottoman Empire

Voivode of the Principality of Zeta

15th-century Ottoman military personnel