Nizam-ı Cedid Army
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The Nizam-ı Cedid Army refer to the new military establishment of Nizam-ı Cedid reform program.[1] The Nizam-i Cedid army was largely a failure in its own time however proved to be a very effective infantry than the Janissaries.[2] But with the Nizam-i Cedid there came the first Ottoman awakening to the realities.
Battles
In 1799, a 200-men strong Nizam-I Cedid army was involved in combat assisting Jezzar Pasha in his heroic resistance against Napoleon in Gaza Strip. Around 304 Nizam-I Cedid infantry and artillerymen on the side of Admiral Sir Sydney Smith successfully defended Acre. One third of the Ottoman forces were sent to aid British forces removing the French from Egypt while the Nizams also played the vital leading role in capturing of Rashid.
Popular culture
- The Nizam-I Cedid appears in total war video game series: Empire: Total War and Napoleon: Total War, serving as a new regular line-infantry.
Bibliography
- Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1775–1820
See also
- Ottoman Reforms