Ottoman Empire Podcast

PATREON EXTRA: Yeŋiçeri (Janissaries) the Empire's Elite: Part 1 "Origins"

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    Episode Summary PATREON Extra The Empire's Elite "Origins" Part 1


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    • A brief meditative practice involving imagining history
    • The term, word, of Janissary and how it relates to Yeŋiçeri
    • Janissaries trace their origins to Sultan Murad I (although Sultan Orhan may have had something to do with them as well)
    • Christian captives first Janissaries
    • Training regimen established under Sultan Bayezid I
    • Numbers, and training in detail
    • Growing animosity between Janissary and cavalry units
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