10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JANIZARIES»
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janizaries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Captain of the
Janizaries: A Story of the Times of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
James M. 1841-1932 Ludlow,
2013
2
A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several ...
In Asia, the janizaries always go armed □with a bow and a quiver full of arrows.
They are thus equipped on account of the scarcity of gunpowder. — They have
besides a sort of poniard or large knife, ,which they draw against every person ...
they performed the easy duty of a mere guard. They were to be kuowu by a
distinguishing girdle. In other respects their clothing and arms were not uniform.
The Janizaries on duty at Constantinople, indeed, were allowed to be armed only
with ...
4
The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
The corps of Janizaries was divided by oda. The oda in the beginning was
nothing more than the soldiers' mess, and had only a small number of officers the
same for all. But as certain odas enjoyed extraordinary reputation, or especial ...
Robert Walsh, John Jay Smith,
1828
5
A new and enlarged military dictionary: in French and ...
of janizaries; this chosen body is called corigi/s, and amounts to 9S0 men. Their
particular duty is to protect the three imperial mansions of Constanti' nople,
Adrinopolis, and Bursa. Every janizary is obliged to give one and a half per cent,
of all ...
6
A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa ...
As the military bodies, especially the foot, which are the janizaries, and azabs,
have -so great a share in the government, I shall give a more particular account
of them; for the five bodies of spahis are little considered, but the two bodies of
foot, ...
7
The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of ...
But Mahmoud trembled whenever the rage of the janizaries, whose severe
generals tried in vain to bridle them, wasted the capital with fire and sword ; he
sacrificed every thing to calm their fury — the most able men in the state and in
the army ...
Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham,
1841
8
The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
_ The janizaries were at first called jaja, that is, footmen, to distinguish them from
the other Turks, the troops whereof consisted mostly of cavalry. Vigenere tells us,
that the discipline observed among the janizaries is extremely conformable, in a ...
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The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of ...
But Mahinoud trembled whenever the rage of the janizaries, whose severe
generals tried in vnin to bridle them, wasted the capital with fire and sword ; he
sacrificed every thing to calm their fury — the most able men in the state and in
the army ...
10
A Description of the East and Some Other Countries
This "body, thus detach'd, is call'd a Bouluke ; but the whole body of janizaries in
general, and their Divan, is call'd The Ogiak of the janizaries. Both these and the
Azabs have their Divan at the castle, at their respective gates, call'd The gates ...
Richard Pococke, Bowyer, Société de Géographie de Lyon,
1743
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JANIZARIES»
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Shakespeare Not So Fancy Word Man After All, Smart Folks Say
... The main battle of harquebuze on foot, / And twenty thousand horsemen in their troops, / Myself, environ'd with my trusty guard / Of janizaries, ... «Gawker, Aug 13»
The Anti-Federalist Papers No. 24: Brutus
He supposes it would be as proper to provide against the introduction of Turkish Janizaries, or against making the Alcoran a rule of faith.(1). «The Moral Liberal, Oct 11»
“We apologize”: Turkish academics say 'sorry' to Armenian people …
The Russian internet journal, Point.ru, headlines its story as follows: “Ice Melting Between Turks and Armenians: the 'Janizaries' Have ... «ArmeniaNow.com, Dec 08»