Caripi

Caripi

Caripi were a kind of horse-guards among the Turks. Numbering about 1,000, they were not slaves, nor bred up in seraglios or seminaries, like the rest. Instead, they were generally Moors, or renegade Christians, who having followed adventures, and being poor and seeking fortune, arrived at the rank of horse guards to the Grand Signior. Their pay was 12 aspers (about one-tenth of a piastre) per day.

The word "caripi" signifies "poor", and "stranger".


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