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janissary::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | follower |
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| Type of | soldier |
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Yet in 1673 the janissary deys, seeing their power ebbing, rose in revolt.
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He also restricted the legal prerogatives of the janissary and the Dey.
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Their father may have been either a corsair, a renegade, or a janissary.
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The dynasty was founded by Murad Bey, a janissary of Corsican origin.
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The Turkish janissary then selected their own Dey as the new ruler.
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For, as a janissary, and thus a slave of the sultan, his primary responsibility was to the sultan.
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It has also traditionally been used for communication and for Turkish mehter, or janissary music.
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The janissary ruling class in Algiers was strictly organized to retain power in their hands alone.
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In 1702 the janissary commander Ibrahim Sharif, of whom he was lieutnant, expelled the Muradid Dynasty from Tunis.
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- A loyal supporter; "every politician has a following of janissaries"
- A Turkish soldier
- Near East (Persian)
- (Janissaries (novel)) Janissaries is a novel by science fiction author Jerry Pournelle. It was originally published in 1979, and was illustrated by comic artist Bermejo.
- An elite, highly loyal supporter; A soldier in a former elite Turkish guard
- (Janissaries) A new military force intially created by Orhan (d. 1359) in 1330, Murad I (1319-1389) re-organised the force into the standing paid army of the Ottoman Empire. Composed of Christian captives, the janissaries were educated in the Islamic faith and trained as soldiers. ...
- (Janissaries) Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826. See also devshirme. (p. 526, 675)
- (Janissaries) Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies; forcibly conscripted as boys in conquered areas of Balkans, legally slaves; translated military service into political influence, particularly after 15th century. (p. 615)
- (Janissaries) from Turkish "yeni cheri," "new soldiers." This word refers to the slave soldiers of the Ottoman Empire between 1389 and 1826. Male children were recruited via the devshirme, a tax in children levied upon non-Muslim communities, and raised as professional soldiers. ...
