Kapıkulu Cavalry

The Porte's cavalry regiments were called "men" or "people of the six regiments" (). Although the term sipahi ("horsemen") was used for these units, it was generally used for the feudal cavalry, the Timarli sipahi. • Kapıkulu Sipahi ("household slave soldiers"), elite cavalry. • Silahdars (From Persian, translated roughly as "weaponbearers") • Ulufeci (; translated as "stipendiaries"), organised into two sub-divisions: • () • () • Garips (; translated roughly as "strangers"), organised into two sub-divisions: • Garips of the Left • ==Sources==