The Janissaries of Damascus in the sixteenth century, or, How conquering a province changed the Ottoman Empire:

After the Ottoman conquest of Syria in 1516, the Janissaries of Damascus were employed to meet the manpower needs of further campaigns in Iran, Cyprus, and particularly Yemen. The recruitment of the necessary troops beyond the dev?irme dramatically changed the character of the Janissary corps and ev...

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1. Verfasser: Darling, Linda T. 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin EB-Verlag [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Otto Spies memorial series volume 6
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Zusammenfassung:After the Ottoman conquest of Syria in 1516, the Janissaries of Damascus were employed to meet the manpower needs of further campaigns in Iran, Cyprus, and particularly Yemen. The recruitment of the necessary troops beyond the dev?irme dramatically changed the character of the Janissary corps and eventually the empire as a whole. It transformed the Janissaries from an elite military unit of slave soldiers into an assemblage of men from diverse origins, slave and free, who performed a variety of functions for the empire in addition to waging war. This transformation affected the role of the Janissaries in Ottoman politics as well as their own concept of themselves and their role, generating shifts among social groups and changes in the way Ottomans regarded their empire. This study examines the change in military recruitment in Syria through the documents of the Ottoman government, showing how the actual beginning of this transformation differed from its description by contemporary writers of nasihatnameler.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis Seite [58]-68
Beschreibung:69 Seiten 21 cm
ISBN:9783868933086
3868933085

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