The Janissaries (from Ottoman Turkish يڭيچرى yeniçeri, meaning `new soldier`) were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan`s household troops and bodyguards. Sultan Murad I created the force in 1383. The number of Janissaries grew from 20,000 in 1575, to 49,000 (1591), dropped to a low of 17,000 (1648), then rebounded to 135,......
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The Janissaries were a body of Turkish infantry formed about 1330 as the Sultan's bodyguard. They were originally composed chiefly of Christian captives, who were compelled to profess Islam. They were disbanded in 1826 after a number of revolts against the sultans.
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