OVERVIEW USE OF KIRPAS IN THE ARMY OF OTTOMAN LAND (1752-1836)

The fact that the Ottoman Empire had one of its powerful and crowded armies is well known in many sources. Sources usually link this to the abundance of human resources and the difficulty of subsistence and supply. However, the contents of the subsistence and supply part can not be fully filled. In particular, it has often been overlooked how and in which way the supply of supplies and supplies is provided, and in what area the supplied material is used in the area of the army. One of the supply materials that are ignored is the type of fabric called kirpas, which is woven from cotton yarn. The kirpas, which are generally used for sailing vessels in the navy, have also been used in the Ottoman land army. This fabric was produced in various regions of Anatolia and sent to various parts of the land army. In this work, we will try to show in a general framework based on archive resources how and how the fabric type called kirpas is used in the Ottoman land army