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“Palikari”, member of irregular troops of the Peloponnese, with his clan.

“Palikari”, member of irregular troops.

“Palikaria” and heads of irregular troops at the temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.

The Gaul army under Brennus is defeated by the Aetolians, Thessalians and Malians (280 BCE).

Frontispiece. The Sultan with a numerous suite of officials and soldiers at Istanbul.

A servant to the Sultan. The turban-bearer to the Sultan (Dulbendar Aga).

Deli, member of the Grand Vizier's guard. Chavus Bashi, head usher of the Divan.

A Spahi.

Janissary. Head of the Janissary corps (Aga of the Janissaries).

Guards to the Sultan.

Ottoman archer.

The Aga of the Janissaries.

Ottoman soldier.

Spahi, member of the cavalry.

Deli, member of the light cavalry corps.

Scribe at Istanbul. Bashi-bazouks, irregular soldiers of the Ottoman Empire.

View of Kotor, Montenegro, besieged by the Ottoman army during the Sixth Venetian-Ottoman war. In the background, the castle of Saint John.

Hungarian inhabitants of Transylvania surrender to the Ottomans after their failed revolt of 1661.

. The battle of Leopoldstadt (today Leopoldov, Slovakia) during during the Second Siege of Vienna, 1683. The Polish and Austrian regiments of the Holy League fend off the Ottoman army.

Battle of Vienna, 1683: Polish and Austrian regiments of the Holy League attack the Ottoman army.

Battle of Vienna, 1683: Polish and Austrian regiments of the Holy League under John III Sobieski drive the Ottoman army away from the city walls.

Leopold I, the Habsburg Emperor, escorted by Polish soldiers makes a triumphal entry into the tent of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha, prime mover of the Second Siege of Vienna.