... Hajduks were common people who for various reasons lived as outlaws, hiding in woods and attacking Ottomans who were ruling the Balkans (=Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece...) since 15th century.
Hajdut is the same term in Bulgarian.
ProudBulgarian said:
YOU FORGOT TO SAY THAT HAIDUTS ARE BULGARIANS!
I already know this kind of replies. Please keep nationalism out of this topic. I'm founding a clan, not exalting someone's nationality.
Edit:
This clan is about every Hajduk, or Hajdut, Hejduk, Gajduk, anyhow you want to call it: they were the same men fighting against one enemy, in Bulgaria as well in Serbia.
What's the point of all this discussion?
Hofiko said:
False. Hajduks were popular unit in this part of Europe, and as far as I know, they come from Hungary.
Hajduks were also regular troops in Commonwealth army, from Hungarian origin, as well as Hussars. Both of these troops come from Balkanic region: slavic people found refuge under the Habsburg Monarchy and from there they spread out towards Poland. They were regular soldiers, with uniforms and were part of the Polish-Lithuanian army.
Totally different were the Balkanic Hajduks, who weren't actually troops, but rebels, warriors without a true organisation and whose aim was to become rich or obtain freedom from Ottoman oppression; indeed Ottomans didn't allow to those subjected people to carry weapons or fine clothes: Balkanic people were mostly peasants, or priestes and monks, since Ottomans did allow freedom of worship.