The Janissaries were first created by the Ottoman Sultans in the late 14th century and were employed as household troops. Janissaries began as an elite corps made up through the See more

When Mahmud II began forming a new army and hiring European gunners, the Janissaries mutinied and fought on the streets of the Ottoman capital, but the militarily superior See more

The Janissary leaders were executed and their possessions confiscated by the Sultan. The younger and older Janissaries were either exiled or imprisoned with ones who were competent and showed promise and the ones who did military duties or diplomatic where … See more

• Selim III
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