A janissary (Ottoman Turkish: یڭیچری, romanized: yeŋiçeri, [je.ˈŋi.t͡ʃe.ɾ̞i], lit. 'new soldier') was a member of the elite infantry units that formed...
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The janissary revolts were a series of revolts by slave soldiers known as janissaries in the Ottoman Empire. Buçuktepe rebellion (1446) Janissary revolt...
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The Agha of the Janissaries or Janissary Agha (Ottoman Turkish: یڭیچری أغاسی; Turkish: Yeniçeri ağası) was a top Ottoman military official and courtier...
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The Orta is the main military division of the janissary odjak, which initially under the reign of Sultan Murad I numbered 1,000 new soldiers divided into...
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This is a list of the Aghas of the Janissaries, the commanders of the Janissary corps from the early 16th century to the early 19th century. Yıldız 2018...
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disbandment of the centuries-old Janissary Corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826. Most of the 135,000 Janissaries revolted against Mahmud II, and...
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The Janissary Tree is a historical mystery novel set in Istanbul in 1836, written by Jason Goodwin. It is the first in the Yashim the Detective series...
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Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which...
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Piano pedals (redirect from Janissary stop)
received the gift of a Turkish military band at some time after 1710." "Janissary" or "janizary" refers to the Turkish military band that used instruments...
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Sipahi (section Rivalry with the Janissary corps)
sipahi formed their own distinctive social classes and were rivals to the janissaries, the elite infantry corps of the sultans. A variant of the term "sipahi"...
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