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A Janissary (Ottoman Turkish: یڭیچری, romanized: yeŋiçeri, [jeniˈtʃeɾi], lit. 'new soldier') was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe.[3][4][5] The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan (1324–1362),[3] during the Viziership of Alaeddin. Janissaries began as elite corps made up through the devşirme system of child levy enslavement, by which Christian Albanians, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks, Romanians, Serbs and Ukrainians were taken, levied, subjected to forced circumcision and conversion to Islam, and incorporated into the Ottoman army.[6] They became famed for internal cohesion cemented by strict discipline and order. Unlike typical slaves, they were paid regular salaries. Forbidden to marry before the age of 40 or engage in trade, their complete loyalty to the Sultan was expected.[7] By the seventeenth century, due to a dramatic increase in the size of the Ottoman standing army

Janissary - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elite infantry units and standing army of the Ottoman Empire (active 1363–1826) For the Royal Navy gunboat, see HMS Janissary . "Janissaries" redirects here. For the series of novels by Jerry Pournelle, see Janissaries (series) . "Yeniçeri" redirects here. For the village in Turkey, see Yeniçeri, Çan . For people with the surname Yeniçeri , see Yeniçeri (surname) . {{cite book |author=George F. Nafziger |author-link=George Nafziger |title=Historical Dictionary of the Napoleonic Era |url=https://books.google.com/books?i

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