Quote Originally Posted by the_ak07
Sipahis were consisted of only the Muslims. I mean a Christian could not be a sipahi. But Christians who later accepted Islam could. In the game some sipahis are said to have been christian. This is wrong. First Sipahis were recruited with the devsirmeh system but by the time of Mehmed 2 their ranks were only chosen from among the ethnic Turks who owned land within imperial borders.
Yea thats what I was trying to say hehehe.

Tell me more about akinjis, they sound historically interesting.