WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Janissaries began as elite corps made up through the devşirme system of child levy enslavement, by which Christian Albanians, Bulgarians, Croats, Greeks, Romanians and Serbs were taken, levied, subjected to forced circumcision and conversion to Islam, and incorporated into the Ottoman army .

Detailed explanation-2: -Sultan Mahmud II declared war on the rebels and, on their refusal to surrender, had cannon fire directed on their barracks. Most of the Janissaries were killed, and those who were taken prisoner were executed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Janissaries Elite corps of the Ottoman army, founded in the 14th century. The Janissaries were a highly effective fighting force until the 17th century, when discipline and military prestige declined.

Detailed explanation-4: -Janissaries were created in the 14th century by the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Murad I, as his personal guards but were subsequently transformed into the sultans’ standing army. Janissaries were initially comprised of people captured during military raids.

Detailed explanation-5: -Janissaries began life as poor Christian boys, often living in some far off province of the Ottoman Empire. Once they converted to Islam and became Janissaries, they had the ability to climb the Ottoman social ladder and become powerful kuls, members of the Sultan’s household.