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arriving group (tribe or oymaq) and the others were put under his command. By this<br />

way, the Shah founded his army. 921 According to Şahnāme, Ismail’s army was<br />

composed of a total of seventeen oymaqs, each providing Kurçis 922 and ordinary soldiers<br />

to the army. The complete list is given in Table 5.1. 923<br />

Table 5.1. The List of Qizilbash Oymaqs<br />

OYMAQ NEFERAN KURÇIYAN<br />

Ustaclu 6100 400<br />

Ekrad-ı Seyyid Mansur 845 150<br />

Afşar 7400 400<br />

Bayburtlu 375 400<br />

Bayatlu 1500<br />

Tekelü 5000 300<br />

Ereşlu ve Talişlu 6500 150<br />

Türkman 6700 400<br />

Çepni (neferan+kurçiyan) 1300<br />

Hacılar 1200<br />

921 Şahnāme, fol. 87a.<br />

922 For “Kurçi”, see following paragraph.<br />

923 See Şahnāme, fols. 87a-87b.<br />

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