Ottomans establish the Janissary corps

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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This was an elite fighting group within the Ottoman army. Originally staffed by Christian youth forcibly converted to Islam, by the seventeenth century it played an important political role in the Ottoman Empire.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Ottomans establish the Janissary corps". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=9548, accessed 28 March 2024.]

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