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Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
  • Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings
Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings

Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye 1893 Ottoman Military Mag Field Fortifications Artillery Spain with Drawings

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Mecmua-i Fünun-ı Askeriye – “Military Engineering, Field Fortifications and the Future of Artillery” – Issue No. 108 – 1308 (c. 1893) – Istanbul – Ottoman Turkish Edition

Description:

Mecmua-i Fünûn-ı Askerîye was an important Ottoman military periodical established in 1878 and published monthly under the authority of the General Staff Office (Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Umûmiye Dairesi) of the Ministry of War (Harbiye Nezâreti). Created to support the professional development of military officers and keep the Ottoman armed forces informed about international military developments, the journal focused on Western military literature, new weapons technology, tactical and strategic analysis, foreign military organisations, and military history. It served as an important channel for introducing contemporary military knowledge and technical developments to Ottoman officers.

This 108th issue, published in Istanbul in 1308 (approximately 1893), contains six technical and strategic military articles covering a wide range of subjects. These include examinations of the military expenditures and budgets of the Great Powers between 1891 and 1892, the future of field artillery, and the retirement and death fund rates of infantry officers in Spain. Other contributions examine the future of military fortification engineering, light fortifications and temporary trenches, and the field duties performed by military engineers during military operations.

A particularly interesting feature of this issue is its extensive collection of technical illustrations relating to military engineering and defensive architecture. Numerous detailed drawings depict trenches, defensive positions, enemy lines of fire, and the geometric planning and design of defensive fortifications. These technical diagrams provide valuable visual documentation of nineteenth-century military engineering principles and defensive construction methods.

Key Features:

• Publication: Mecmua-i Fünûn-ı Askerîye, Ottoman military and technical periodical

• Issue: No. 108, 1308 (c. 1893)

• Place of Publication: Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

• Language: Ottoman Turkish

• First Publication: 1878

• Publisher: General Staff Office (Erkân-ı Harbiye-i Umûmiye Dairesi), under the Ottoman Ministry of War

• Publication Frequency: Monthly

• Military Budgets: Analysis of the military expenditures of the Great Powers between 1891 and 1892

• Field Artillery: Technical study examining the future of field artillery

• Spanish Military Administration: Information concerning retirement and death fund rates for Spanish infantry officers

• Military Engineering: Article examining the future of fortification engineering and defensive military architecture

• Field Fortifications: Studies of light fortifications, temporary trenches, and the construction of defensive positions

• Military Engineers: Article concerning the field duties and services of military engineering troops

• Technical Illustrations: Numerous detailed drawings showing trenches, defensive lines, enemy fields of fire, and the geometric designs of military fortifications

• Historical Significance: An important nineteenth-century Ottoman military publication documenting contemporary international military studies, artillery developments, and fortification techniques

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