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Also known as: Janizary, Yeniçeri
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Category: History & Society
Also spelled:
Janizary
Turkish:
Yeniçeri (“New Soldier” or “New Troop”)
Date:
c. 1390 - 1826
Areas Of Involvement:
devşirme
Related People:
Mahmud II
Osman II
İbrahim
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Janissary, member of an elite corps in the standing army of the Ottoman Empire from the late 14th century to 1826. Highly respected for their military prowess in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Janissaries became a powerful political force within the Ottoman state. During peacetime they were used to garrison frontier towns and police the capital, Istanbul. They constituted the first modern standing army in Europe. The Janissary corps was originally staffed through devşirme, a system of tribute by which Christian youths were taken from the Balkan provinces, converted to Islam, and drafted into Ottoman service. Subject to strict ...(100 of 356 words)

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