Note 292 — Chapter IV · THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS AN ARMY
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Mohammed II gave them ten purses of gold (1451), ibid. i. 504; Bayezid II gave them 2000 aspers each (1481), ibid. ii. 252; Selim I gave them 3000 aspers each (1512), ibid. 382; from Suleiman they asked 5000 aspers each, which he compounded by giving them one-third in cash and increased pay (1520), ibid. iii. 6.