Pike & Shotte - Ottoman Janissaries Regiment - Warlord Games NEW
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Listing Template 2018\n\n--Home\n\n--About Us\n\n--Latest Items\n\n--View Feedback\n\n--Add to Favourites\n\n--Contact Us\n\nDescription\n\nThe Janissaries (from the Turkish for \u2018new soldier\u2019) were the elite infantry of the Ottoman Empire. The Janissary Corps was founded in 1383 by Sultan Murad I to provide him with well-disciplined and loyal troops for his expansionist campaigns. They were recruited from Christian vassal states of the Ottoman Empire in Europe by the \u2018devsirme\u2019 system of taking young boys aged 6-14 years and converting them to Islam. These children were indoctrinated and raised in an environment of harsh discipline and training, ideal for the creation of a fighting force.\n\nThe Corps was divided into \u2018Ortas\u2019, the equivalent of a battalion, and at the height of the Janissaries\u2019 powers in the late 1500\u2019s there were 196 ortas. These were divided between frontier troops (Cemaat), Sultan\u2019s Household and Bodyguard formations (Bs
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