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janissary ˈjæniˌserē also janizary -ˌzerē n. pl. -ies a devoted follower or supporter.
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"Peasant" Janissaries?(SECTION III REGIONAL ISSUES)(Essay)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...recruited to become Janissaries, on the long way from...boys taken under the Janissary levy originate from...first, studying the Janissaries is a good way of looking...related both to the Janissary Corps and to the spread...attempt to examine the "Janissaries--Islamisation...
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Janissary games.(Short story)
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Love O'Connor had seen a Janissary, she thought he was praying...soldier. "Watch," the elder Janissary instructed her. "Use your...long. So they trained the Janissaries, a name they borrowed from...wouldn't 472 make a good Janissary?" "See how the others play...
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Stand to attention! A new detective with a difference The Janissary Tree By Jason Goodwin FABER pounds 12.99 pounds 11.99 (P&P FREE) 08700 798 897
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 6/18/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...he does so in fiction. The Janissary Tree puts us in Istanbul...Yashim, the clues suggest the Janissaries. Once the Sultan's elite...attached at the base of old Janissary watchtowers. As Yashim searches...twine together and hidden Janissaries sharpen their blades. An...
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The Janissaries. (reprint, 1994).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2007; 419 words
; 9780863567407 The Janissaries. (reprint, 1994) Goodwin, Godfrey. Saqi Books 2006 288 pages...establishment of the Danube frontier. The military potency of the janissaries dissipated by the middle of the 16th century, but their political...
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The 1821 bungled uprising.
Newspaper article from: Cyprus Mail (Cyprus); 7/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...effortlessly out to sea. The janissary then inquires as to the identity...his cafE[umlaut] as the janissary slurps down his frothy coffee...mukhtar's house and the janissary to the nearby military outpost...several in number, a squad of janissaries led by their commanding officer...
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Army of Converts
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 5/26/1995; ; 682 words
; ...Goodwin argues that the janissaries were not entirely to blame...maintains that "the shabby janissaries merely mirrored, after all...performance as the once dreaded janissary artillery and swords could...the sultan controlled the janissaries and at times led them in...
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A Coup for Humanity -- Revolutionaries Fight for Justice against Relentless Brutal Forces in New Novel.
News Wire article from: PrimeZone Media Network; 8/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...soldiers against their king. The Janissary delves into the turmoil of...the extreme loyalty of the Janissary Corps, an elite cavalry unit...empire, and Dmitry leads the janissaries on a mission to restore order...fight as the Commissar of the Janissary Corps. However, to be a...
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Private Eye in the Harem
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; THE JANISSARY TREE By Jason Goodwin Farrar Straus Giroux...the killers aren't holdovers from the Janissary sect, ruthless mercenaries who were...Empire. And if nothing else, "The Janissary Tree" does apply a corrective poultice...
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The Pastry That Had A Parade of Its Own.
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 2/5/1997; ; 529 words
; ...Procession. It was held by the Janissaries, the personal troops of...distribute baklava to all the Janissary regiments stationed in Istanbul...the Ottoman Empire, the Janissaries degenerated into a rather...the sultans abolished the Janissaries as a military order. Live...
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The Ottoman Empire: 1300-1481.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Ottomans' weapons was the Janissary corps, recruited from enslaved...the Ottoman military. The Janissaries simply appear in the middle...the devshirme and of the Janissaries, but it would have been...to indicate just what the Janissaries meant to early Ottoman success...
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Janissary
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
JANISSARY JANISSARY. The Janissaries (from yeni ç eri, meaning 'new soldier...viziers and admirals had served as members of the Janissary corps during their careers. The Janissaries' military technique was to rush very quickly...
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Janissaries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
JANISSARIES Military corps...The term janissary is the anglicized...troops). The Janissary corps was established...century. The Janissaries' first recruits...century, the Janissary corps began...beginning of the janissaries' decline as...
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Janissary music
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Janissary music (Ger. Janitscharenmusik ). Term once used for the imitation-Turkish mus. produced by triangle, cymbals, and bass drum as in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail . The Janissaries were the Sultan's bodyguard, disbanded 1826, who had a band.
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janissary
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
janissary ˈjæniˌserē also janizary -ˌzerē n. pl. -ies a devoted follower or supporter.
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Mahmud II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...power. Within the year a Janissary revolt temporarily ended modernization...fractious, undisciplined Janissaries, whose complaints had disrupted...Mahmud provoked a typical Janissary assault on the palace. The attackers were wiped out, and Janissaries throughout the empire were...
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