Note 334 — Chapter IV · THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS AN ARMY
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Giovio (Commentarius, 75) mentions 2000 in each of the first two corps, and 1000 in each of the second two. Junis Bey (below, p. 267) puts 3000 in each of the first two corps, 2000 in each of the second two. Ramberti (below, p. 250) gives more than 3000 Spahi-oghlans, 3000 Silihdars, and 2000 in each of the other corps. Ludovisi, 15, puts 3000 in each of the first two, 2500 in the third, and 2000 in the fourth. Trevisano, 125, puts 2000 in each but the fourth, which contained 1500. D. Barbarigo, 33, mentions 7095 Spahis. Barbaro, 304, says that there were 15,000 Spahis of the Porte. There were under pay in 1660, after serious changes, 7203 Spahis, 6254 Silihdars, 976 Ulufajis, and 722 Ghurebas: Hammer, Staatsverwaltung, 175.