Horse breeding studies in the ottoman empire between the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century (1800-1920)

Abstract

The Turks were the first to tame the horse. With horses, they spread over large areas in a short time. They took the Central Asian horse with them to the new lands they went to. The Seljuks brought this horse with them to Anatolia and bred it. Among the Anatolian Principalities, the Germiyan sons came to the fore in horse breeding. The Ottoman Principality also continued to raise horses by taking this heritage from the Anatolian Principalities. In the Ottoman Empire, horses were raised for the army by the nomads in Anatolia, especially in Eskisehir, Kutahya, and Karaman. Arabian horses were bred by Aleppo Turkmens in and around Aleppo in Erbil and Mosul in the Iraq region. The lack of animals, including transport and mounts, in the army of the Ottoman Empire XIX. emerged in the middle of the century. After the Crimean War, it started to meet its horse needs by purchasing them from Hungary and Russia. This brought temporary relief and was not permanent. The period when the army's need for horses reached the highest level was the Ottoman-Russian war. The lack of transport animals and riding horses during the war caused many deaths.