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Voynuk: non-Muslim (usually Slavic) auxiliary in Ottoman service.
Again like the martoloses, the voynuks were originally those members of the old Balkan feudal nobility who threw in their lot with the Ottomans during the fourteenth century. They were subsequently allowed to keep all or part of their feudal
in the early period often incorporated into their own system pre- Ottoman military groups called proniar, voynuk (voynik), martolos, etc.
They were exempt from paying per capita tax, additional taxes, tithes on yield, and simply paid (in instalments) a lump sum called maktu.
Do sredine XVI stoljeóa vojnuci su predstavljali znacajan dio turskih vojnih snaga. Kasnije su svoj znacaj postepeno gubili, njihove privilegije su ukidane,...
When the voynuks in the Ottoman army lost their military importance in the 16th century, they were reduced to the status of re'ayd together with the
As the Ottoman government withdrew one privilege after another from the auxiliary 'asker of Orthodox Christians (martolosi, voynuks), the latter shifted their support to Austria, Venice, and Russia,
Voynuks constituted the single largest military service group in the Bulgarian lands. In the sixteenth century nearly 8,000 households (or almost 40,000 Bulgarians) were listed as voynuk in Ottoman administrative registers.
During the 16th- 17th century Bulgarians were named "vojnuci" by the Turks, which literally meant "soldiers".
The higher commanding officers of the voynuks were called ceribasi, the voynuk beg(yoynuk be yi), and the voynuk sancak beg (voynuk sancagi veyi); the lower officers were called lagatori.
Посебни санџак-бегови управљали су санџаци- ма који нису представљали територијалне, него само организационе јединице неких војничких и друштвених редова (војнуци, акинџије, Јуруци, Цигани)
Нај- голема организациона единица на таквите општествени редови како што биле војнуци, акинџии, Јуруци, Роми, Власи кои имале своја посебна организација и
Voynuk: non-Muslim (usually Slavic) auxiliary in Ottoman service.