Vienna 1683 15mm - Ottoman Turk Commanders

 

The two armies are nearing completion....... will I add more to these armies of course I will!!!

Essex's selection of Ottoman figures isn't that vast so I bought some Lancashire figures and also some Venexia , also sold by Lancashire, to make up some command stands. I already painted up the top dog  Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Commander in Chief of the entire Ottoman army, here. But I still needed the other brigade commanders.

After finding some historical Turkish commanders names I tried to chose the ones that matched the brigades set out by Mr Hilton in his scenario, now they don't all match unfortunately, but they were all real people who fought in the Vienna campaign. 

I was wondering why they were all named Pasha at first, so I asked Mr Google who said Pasha isn't their actual name its a high-ranking historical title in Turkish meaning a commander, governor, or high-level official, roughly equivalent to a British lord or a general/admiral.

Also the word Beylerbeyi is a a high-ranking provincial governor-general in the Ottoman Empire, so you learn something new everyday, or so they say???

Ibrahim Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Buda and Chyzyr Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Bosnia Eyalet

Abaza Sari Husetin Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Damascus and Kucek Hasan Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Rumelia

Celebi Huseyin Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Janowan, Ahmed Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Anatolia & Binamaz Halil Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Sivas

Ottoman Army under Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha

1st Line (Independent Commands)

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

Irregular Tribal Raw 12 figs

2nd Line indie command

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs 

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs

Timariot Sipahis Blade, Lance Drilled 6 figs 

Timariot Sipahis Tribal, bow/carb drilled 6figs

(Already painted before the Challenge)

3rd Line indie commands 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs 

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs 

Sekban musket, loose Raw 12 figs 

Tufeckci musket, loose Drilled 12 figs 

Janissary Brigade & Brigadier

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12
Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket/Flintlock Drilled/Elite 12

Janissary Orta All Musket Drilled/Elite 12

Reserve & Brigadier

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Sipahis of the Porte Blade, Lance Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Vizier's Guard All Musket, Flintlock Guard 6 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Great Gun Drilled 1 model 

Holy League under King Jan III Sobieski

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Polish Cavalry Brigade

Lipka Tartars Tribal Cav now Raw 6figs

Pancerni Bullet, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Pancerni Bullet, Lance, armour Drilled 6 figs 

Hussar Banner Blade, Lance, armour Veteran-Elite 6 figs

Imperial Cavalry Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Veteran-Elite 12 figs

Bavarian Cav Brig

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 12 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 12 figs

Saxons Cav Brigade 

Dragoons Regt Dragoons, Flintlock, Drilled 6 figs

Cuirassier Regt Bullet, Armour Drilled-Elite 18 figs

Field gun 1 model