See also:

• ARMATOLES (Gr. apµarwX6r, a man-at-arms)

ARMATOLES (Gr. apµarwX6r, a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man-at-arms)  , the name given to some Greeks who discharged certain military and See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police functions under the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . When the See also:

• TURKS

Turks under See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan Mahommedll. conquered See also:

• GREECE

Greece in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, many of the Greeks fled into the mountainous districts of See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Greece, and maintained a harassing warfare with the conquerors of their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . These men were called Kle phis (See also:

• MODERN

modern Gr . KX ans, anci,ent KX 1rris, a thief, a brigand), and during the 16th century the Turkish pashas came to terms with some of them, and these men were allowed to retain their See also:

• LOCAL

local customs, and were confirmed in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of certain districts, while in return they undertook some duties, such as the custody of the highroads . Those who accepted these terms were called See also:

• ARMATOLES (Gr. apµarwX6r, a man-at-arms)

armatoles, and the districts in which they lived armatoliks . Strengthened by a considerable number of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Albanians, they rendered See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good service in defending Greece, and to some extent repressed the ravages of the Klephts; but their See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence were disliked by the Turks . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade in 1739 (between See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey), the Turkish government sought to weaken the position of the armatoles . Their privileges were restricted, See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan Albanians were introduced into the armatoliks, and towards the end of the 18th century their See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers were seriously reduced . Irritated by this policy the armatoles rendered considerable service to See also:

• ALI

Ali See also:

• PASHA

Pasha of See also:

• IANNINA (i.e. " the city of St John "; Gr. Ioannina; Turk Yanid; also written Janina, Jannina, and, according to its Albanian pronunciation, Yanina)

Iannina in his struggle with the Turks in 1820-22, and afforded valuable assistance to their countrymen during the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of independence in 183o .