Janissary
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janissary-181-12557313
title:
Janissary
text:
A janissary was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops. They were the first modern standing army, and perhaps the first infantry force in the world to be equipped with firearms; adopted during the reign of Murad II. The corps was established either under sultans Orhan or Murad I, and dismantled by Mahmud II in 1826. Janissaries began as elite corps made up through the devşirme system of child levy enslavement, by which indigenous European Christian
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wiki
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description:
Elite infantry units and standing army of the Ottoman Empire (active 1363–1826)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janissary
date created:
2003-01-07T06:18:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T23:40:20Z
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