JANISSARIES

jănˈĭsârˌēz [Turk.,=recruits], elite corps in the service of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). It was composed of war captives and Christian youths pressed into service; all the recruits were converted to Islam and trained under the strictest discipline. It was originally organized by Sultan Murad I. The Janissaries gained great power in the Ottoman Empire and made and unmade sultans. By 1600, Muslims had begun to enter the corps, largely through bribery, and in the 17th cent. membership in the corps became largely hereditary, while the drafting of Christians gradually ceased. In 1826, Sultan Mahmud II rid himself of the unruly (and by now inefficient) Janissaries by having them massacred in their barracks by his loyal Spahis.

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The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923
Book by Justin McCarthy; Longman, 1997
Subjects: Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918, Turkey--Social Life And Customs
...behind to the right. The domed gate The Gate of Felicity on the center-right leads to the throne room of the sultan. Janissaries and officials are gathered for an official reception of a European ambassador. Antoine Ignance Melling, Voyage Pittoresque...
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Islamic Society and the West: A Study of the Impact of Western Civilization on Moslem Culture in the Near East - Vol. 1
Book by H. A. R. Gibb, Harold Bowen; Oxford University Press, 1950
Subjects: East And West, Muslims--Civilization
...notably, the connexion between the Janissaries and the Bekta i order . Similarly...had meditated the destruction of the Janissaries already required, though not achieved...was only after the formation of the Janissaries see below, p. 43 that the Ottoman...
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Egyptian Society under Ottoman Rule, 1517-1798
Book by Michael Winter; Routledge, 1992
Subjects: Egypt--History--1517-1882, Egypt--Social Conditions, Social Classes--Egypt--History
...preparing his revolt. He confiscated the Janissaries muskets, because he rightly concluded...in the use of firearms to replace the Janissaries. Black slaves were also taken from Cairo...custom under the Mamluk sultans. The Janissaries and the Jews were the hardest hit victims...
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Guild Dynamics in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Fluidity and Leverage
Book by Eunjeong Yi; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Artisans--Turkey--Istanbul--History--17th Century, Guilds--Turkey--Istanbul--History--17th Century, Merchants--Turkey--Istanbul--Societies, Etc--History--17th Century, Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
...reveals the networking among guildsmen and janissaries through coffeehouses in nineteenth-century...elements among the soldiery, especially the janissaries. The janissaries had occasionally interfered in politics during...
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Constantinople: The Story of the Old Capital of the Empire
Book by William Holden Hutton, Sydney Cooper; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1921
Subjects: Istanbul (Turkey)
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journal articles on: Janissaries  - 27 results

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The Mysterious Power of Words: Language, Law, and Culture in Ottoman Damascus (17Th-18th Centuries)
Journal article by James Grehan; Journal of Social History, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: Damascus, Syria--History, Language and languages--History, Law--History, Social history--Analysis, Social sciences and history--Analysis, Syrian history--Analysis
...chronicler al-Budayri recalled imperial Janissaries (qabiqul; Tk. kapikullari), who after...Mustafa Aga Corbaci, leader of the local Janissaries (yerliyya), could not resist bragging...chief lieutenant (Tk. kethuda) of the Janissaries, inherited his fathers position as one...
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Ottoman Politics Through British Eyes: Paul Rycaut's the Present State of the Ottoman Empire
Journal article by Linda T. Darling; Journal of World History, Vol. 5, 1994
Subjects: World History
...harem, aided by the commanders of the Janissaries. The military forces were factionalized...Porte, who were longtime rivals of the Janissaries. Eventually she succeeded in instigating...Sipahis as a group to rise against the Janissaries. The great statesmen of the empire took...
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The Ottoman Experience
Journal article by Molly Greene; Daedalus, Vol. 134, 2005
Subjects: Military leaders--Military aspects, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Economic aspects, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--History, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--International aspects, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Military aspects, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Political aspects, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Religious aspects, Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Social aspects, Suleyman I, Sultan of the Turks--Military aspects
...famously disciplined; it was said that when janissaries bowed their heads at the same time...that the Ottomans needed scribes, not janissaries. Limnos is one of the earliest examples...Sultan Beyazit II. Yet a mere nineteen janissaries garrisoned the island (a number of them...
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The Decline of the Ottoman Empire, C. 1798-1913: Robert Johnson Puts the Decline of a Once-Great Empire into an International Context
Journal article by Robert Johnson; History Review, 2005
Subjects: Ottoman Empire, ca. 1288-1922--History
...traditional military-political caste of the Janissaries (an ancient military force that had...rebelled against the cruelties of the Janissaries rather than against the Sultan, but...further military reform, spurred the Janissaries into rebellion at this critical moment...
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Secularism and the State: Towards Clarity and Global Comparison
Journal article by Nikki R. Keddie; New Left Review, Vol. a, 1997
Subjects: Right And Left (Political Science), Socialism
...Mamelukes and in the Ottoman Empire the janissaries. Napoleons invasion of Egypt defeated...was no similar early weakening of the janissaries, and they overthrew the first reforming...spent years preparing to oppose the janissaries, and then massacred them in 1826...
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Serbia: Wrong Sort of Government
Magazine article by Neil Clark; New Statesman, Vol. 133, March 15, 2004
Subjects: Elections--Analysis, Elections--Political aspects, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro--Elections, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro--Political aspects
...Neil Clark Henry Ford told customers that they could have any colour car they wanted so long as it was black. The janissaries of the new world order tell us we can have any government we like--as long as it does not oppose the global hegemony of neoliberalism...
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July's Anniversaries
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 56, July 2006
Subjects: Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History, Rome, Italy
...spearheaded by his crack troops, the Janissaries, he set out to take Belgrade, which...The Sultan personally led a force of Janissaries in a night attack, which penetrated...the walls and concealed them while the Janissaries looted the empty streets. When the moment...
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Art and Diplomacy in Ottoman Constantinople
Magazine article by Philip Mansel; History Today, Vol. 46, August 1996
Subjects: Istanbul, Turkey--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Foreign relations, Turkey--History
...1605 to 1610, described the Aga of the Janissaries as fort mon amy and corresponded with...Sultan, or themselves, in procession; Janissaries, wrestlers, archers, Greek priests...Placid Dutchmen walk past frowning Janissaries: the French ambassadors minuscule, but...
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Bulgaria
Magazine article; Contemporary Review, Vol. 289, Winter 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Bulgaria (Book)--Book reviews
...concentrate on the political, especially on the period after the 1820s when the restructuring of the Ottoman Empire began and the Janissaries lost power. This was the beginning of the Bulgaria we know today. (There are only two chapters devoted to the period before...
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Old Turks
Magazine article by David Pryce-Jones; National Review, Vol. 51, June 28, 1999
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire (Book)
...decided who was to become sultan. The Janissaries formed an elite corps composed of kidnapped...might seem, the system worked until the Janissaries in the end saw themselves as more powerful...Turks in their decline. When finally the Janissaries were massacred, he was there, and watched...
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Letters in the Editor's Mailbag
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December 17, 2007
...Middle East. Since World War II, successive American administrations have pandered to regional Arab compradors and local janissaries who have worked hand-in-hand with global corporations. These policies have supported international militarism and Zionist...
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The 600-Year-Long Road to Kosovo
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, April 4, 1999
...established the first standing army in Europe since that of the Roman empire, and their janissaries had marching bands well before European armies. The janissaries so dreamed of food that they took their titles of rank from kitchen implements, and...
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A Balkan Story the Media Ignored
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 21, 1997
Subjects: Kosovo, Yugoslavia
...each first-born Christian son from Serbian parents. The kidnapped sons were taken by the Turkish army, raised and trained as Janissaries, the most elite fighting force in Islamic history. As young adult men, these Serbian sons were sent back to the Balkans...
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New Fiction
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 23, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews
...Yashim is a eunuch whose asexuality gives him privileged access to the Sultans harem. Here lies an intricate plot by the Janissaries - a former elite corps of the Turkish army - to regain power and thwart the Sultans liberalisation plans. Jason Goodwin...


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encyclopedia articles on: Janissaries  - 15 results

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Janissaries
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JANISSARIES jan isar ez Turk.,=recruits, elite corps in the service...It was originally organized by Sultan Murad I. The Janissaries gained great power in the Ottoman Empire and made and...rid himself of the unruly (and by now inefficient) Janissaries by having them massacred in their barracks by his loyal...
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Beyazid II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ottoman Empire (Turkey). With the help of the corps of Janissaries he put down the revolt of his brother Jem. A peace-loving...forced to abdicate by Selims supporters, who included the Janissaries . Selim then became sultan. ____________________ Copyright...
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Mustafa IV
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...MUSTAFA IV 1778 1808, Ottoman sultan (1807 8), son of Abd al-Hamid I. He was raised to the throne by the reactionary Janissaries who had deposed Mustafas cousin, Selim III , because they opposed his attempted reforms. When a Turkish army marched on...
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Mahmud I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ma mood, 1696 1754, Ottoman sultan (1730 54), son of Mustafa II, nephew and successor of Ahmed III . A revolt of the Janissaries put him on the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Affairs of state were largely in the capable hands of the Nubian agha...
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Muhammad IV , Ottoman Sultan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Mehmet IV, 1641 92, Ottoman sultan (1648 87). He was proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) by the corps of Janissaries after the deposition and murder of his father, Sultan Ibrahim. Disorder and corruption continued until the Koprulu family...
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