Persian Archers

Overall strategy
Persian Archers are not simple warriors, but a crack corps of horse archers. While the archers themselves are not heavily attired, their horses however are barded in felt thus providing them with additional  hitpoints, armour, and resistance to enemy arrows. These units are nowhere as fast as what the Turks can summon, but in such cases, fighting them is not what they are meant to do. Their main task is not to attack, but to screen your armies until your archers can fall in place to provide protection against other archers, especially horse cavalry.