Gholām (Civ7)

Gholām
Cavalry unit of the Modern Age
Introduced in Qajar Pack
Unique to	Qajar
Unique to	Qajar
Replaces	Cuirassier
Replaces	Cuirassier
Cost
Production	350
Production	350
Maint.	9
Maint.	9
Stats
Movement	3
Movement	3
Strength	55
Strength	55
Notes
Increased Combat Strength and Healing in the Command Radius of a Sardār.

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The Gholām is a Modern Age Unique Tier 1 Cavalry Unit of the Qajar civilization in Civilization VII. It replaces the Cuirassier.

• Attributes:
  • Increased Combat Strength and Healing in the Command Radius of a Sardār.
• Civ bonuses:
  • TBA
• Abilities:
  • Swift: Ignores enemy zones of control.
• Actions:
  • Disperse Independent
  • Fortify
  • Pillage
  • Plunder Trade Route

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

Emerging from the tradition of the Mamluks in the Abbasid Empire, gholāms were initially Turkish slave soldiers, first appearing in records during the Saffarid dynasty in the ninth century. Slavery was phased out under the Qajar centuries later, but gholāms remained a prominent, respected, and feared component of the 19th century Iranian army, particularly in their role as the royal bodyguard. They were divided into two units. The gholām-shāh were exclusively cavalrymen; they were the highest paid soldiers in the Qajar army, making more than six times more than the average soldier. The gholām-tofangchis ranked below the gholām-shāh, and fought on horseback and on foot wielding long rifles.

The gholāms remained Iran’s most elite soldiers until they were replaced by the Persian Cossack Brigade in 1879.

Gallery

Gholām in-game

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