374:, and relocate them to Istanbul, where they were converted, circumcised, assimilated and trained to serve into the Janissary infantry corps or palace duties. Devshirme were rarely sold, though some could end up as slaves in private households. The fact that they were taken forcibly from their parents made the devshirme system resented by locals. However, revolts were rare, with the exception of a revolt against the devshirme in Albania in 1565. Ordered to cut all ties with their families some managed to use their positions to help their family. There is some evidence that urban Christian and Muslim parents resorted to bribery or sending their children to the country to assure the advancement in life that devshirme recruitment could bring. The boys were forced to convert to Islam. Muslims were not allowed into the system (with some exceptions), but some Muslim families smuggled their sons in anyway. According to Speros Vyronis, "The Ottomans took advantage of the general Christian fear of losing their children and used offers of devshirme exemption in negotiations for surrender of Christian lands. Such exemptions were included in the surrender terms granted to Jannina, Galata, Morea, Chios, etc. Christians who engaged in specialized activities important to the Ottoman state were exempted from the blood tax on their children by way of recognition of the importance of their labors for the empire. Exemption from this tribute was considered a privilege and not a penalty."
35:
245:
503:, who became the first grand vizier to be executed, there was a rise of slave administrators devshirme. They were much easier to control for the sultans, as compared to free administrators of Turkish noble origin. They were also less subject to influence from court factions. From the very beginning, the Turcoman were a danger that undermined the Sultan's creation of a strong state. Thus, the establishment of this class counterbalanced the Turkish nobility, who sometimes opposed the Sultan.
742:
times every day.” As “for any little offense, they beat them cruelly with sticks, rarely hitting them less than a hundred times, and often as much as a thousand. After punishments the boys have to come to them and kiss their clothing and thank them for the cudgelings they have received. You can see, then, that moral degradation and humiliation are part of the training system,” writes 16th century
Italian diplomat
1193:, who then imposed a loyalty oath on them. In 1638 or 1648, the devshirme-based recruiting system of the janissary corps formally came to an end. In an order sent in multiple copies to authorities throughout the European provinces in 1666, a devshirme recruitment target of between 300 and 320 was set for an area covering the whole of the central and western
877:. They were mainly collected from Christian subjects, with a few exceptions. However, some Muslim families managed to smuggle their sons in anyway. The devshirme levy was not applied to the major cities of the empire, and children of local craftsmen in rural towns were also exempt, as it was considered that conscripting them would harm the economy.
971:
857:, admitted that devshirme violated sharia but was allowed only out of necessity. Others argued the Muslim conqueror had the right to one fifth of war booty and could thus take the Christian boys; however, Islamic law allows no such booty from communities that had submitted peacefully to conquest and certainly not from their descendants.
773:
environment and their transportation into the
Turkish-Islamic environment with the aim of employing them in the service of the Palace, the army, and the state, whereby they were on the one hand to serve the Sultan as slaves and freedmen and on the other to form the ruling class of the State." Accordingly, Papoulia agrees with
671:
What grief these
Christians experience on account of their children who are separated from them while alive, and how many mothers say, “It would have been better to see them dead and buried in our church, rather than to have them taken alive in order to become Turks and abjure our faith. Better that you had died!”
588:
returned after hearing of their parents torture). Such was the case of an
Athenian boy who returned from hiding to save his father's life but chose to die himself rather than abandon his faith and convert to Islam. A firman in 1601 gave strict orders to Ottoman officials to kill any parent that resisted:
1185:
cavalry forces, which itself was a result of changes in early modern warfare such as the introduction of firearms and increased importance of infantry. Indeed, the janissary corps would soon become the empire's largest single military corps. As a result, by the late 16th century, the devshirme system
702:
We, who do dwell in Turkey ... inform your lordship that we are heavily vexed by the Turk, and that they take away our children and make
Muslims of them ... For this reason we beseech your lordship to take council that the most holy pope might send his ships to take us and our wives and children away
614:
visited
Constantinople in 1491 and met many janissaries who not only remembered their former religion and their native land but also favored their former coreligionists. The renegade Hersek, the sultan's relative by marriage, told him that he regretted having left the religion of his fathers and that
543:
The recruitment of children took place every three to four years and at times even annually, according to the needs of the Sultan. The largest loss of children coincided with the peak of
Ottoman expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries under the rule of Selim I and Suleiman the Magnificent.
393:
argues that the devshirme were not slaves once converted to Islam. The boys were given a formal education, and trained in science, warfare and bureaucratic administration, and became advisers to the sultan, elite infantry, generals in the army, admirals in the navy, and bureaucrats working on finance
785:
states, "The most striking manifestation of this fact is the unprecedented system of devshirme, i.e. the periodic conscription of 'tribute boys', by which the children of
Christians were wrung from their families, churches, and communities to be molded into Ottoman praetorians owing their allegiance
741:
The children were subjected to a draconian training system: “They make them drudge day and night, and they give them no bed to sleep on and very little food.” They were allowed to “speak to each other only when it is urgently necessary” and were made to “pray together without fail at four prescribed
670:
You understand, then, my lords and
Christian gentlemen, what sorrow the Greeks bear, the fathers and the mothers who are separated from their children at the prime of life. Think ye of the heartrending sorrow! How many mothers scratch out their cheeks! How many fathers beat their breast with stones!
630:
On the other hand, since the devshirme could reach powerful positions, some Muslim families tried to have the recruiters take their sons so that they could achieve professional advancement. Sometimes people of both religion, or family in great needs, attempted to bribe scouts to take their children.
626:
took eight
Christian youths into his service, they made a pact to assassinate him by night, saying “If we kill this Turkish dog, then all of Christendom will be freed ; but if we are caught, then we will become martyrs before God with the others.” When their plot was exposed, and Murad inquired what
618:
In his memoir, Konstantin Mihailović (1430–1501), a Serbian who was abducted in his youth and marched away by the Turks, saw nothing “prestigious” or “lucrative” about becoming a janissary. “We always thought about killing the Turks and running away by ourselves among the mountains,” he writes, “but
248:
Illustration of an Ottoman official and his assistant registering Christian boys for the devshirme. The official takes a tax to cover the price of the boys' new red clothes and the cost of transport from their home, while the assistant records their village, district and province, parentage, date of
2321:
Papadopoulos I. Stefanos, "Account of paedomazoma in Thessaloniki during the first occupation of the city by the Turks, ... ", Thessaloniki, 1992, pp. 71–77 (Παπαδόπουλος Στέφανος Ι., Μνεία παιδομαζώματος στη Θεσσαλονίκη κατά την πρώτη κατοχή της πόλης από τους Τούρκους, Χριστιανική Θεσσαλονίκη ...
1907:
Dikici, 'Making of Ottoman court eunuchs', makes clear that white eunuchs could be recruited among devshirme boys, with the pages and their eunuch supervisors coming from the same background. They were sometimes castrated in the palace, whereas the harem's black eunuchs were more often castrated in
772:
According to Cleveland, the devshirme system offered "limitless opportunities to the young men who became a part of it." Basilike Papoulia wrote that "the devishirme was the 'forcible removal', in the form of a tribute, of children of the Christian subjects from their ethnic, religious and cultural
2894:
Nicolas Brenner. Serai Enderun; das ist inwendige beschaffenheit der türkischen Kayserl, residentz, zu Constantinopoli die newe burgk genannt sampt der ordnung und gebrauschen so von Alberto Bobivio Leopolitano. J. J. Kürner. 1667. Search under Bobovio, Bobovius or Ali Ulvi for other translations.
605:
They gather together and one tells another of his native land and of what he heard in church or learned in school there, and they agree among themselves that Muhammad is no prophet and that the Turkish religion is false. If there is one among them who has some little book or can teach them in some
587:
Any parent who refused to have their child taken as a slave was put to death, and children who attempted to resist being taken from their families as janissaries by fleeing would lead to the Turks arresting and then torturing their parents to death (Many children who attempted to flee on their own
480:
At first, the soldiers serving in these corps were selected from the slaves captured during war. However, a new system commonly known as devshirme was soon adopted. In this system, children of the rural Christian populations of the Balkans were conscripted before adolescence and were brought up as
961:
The diversity of the devshirme also served as a unifying factor for the Ottoman Empire. Greeks, Armenians, Albanians, and other ethnicities would see that the Sultan was Turkish, but his viziers were Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek and other ethnicities. The ethnic diversity in high-level and powerful
682:
in Anatolia who had two boys and begged God every day to take them away because she would soon be forced to give up one of them. The distress expressed here was motivated not only by religious considerations, but also by the low opinion the Byzantines held for Turks (whom they called barbarians).
1123:
were sometimes recruited from among the devshirme. Unlike the black eunuchs, who were usually castrated in their place of origin, the devshirme were castrated at the palace. The palace eunuchs who supervised them often came from the same background as the devshirme (the Balkans). A considerable
571:
Christian parents undeniably resented the forced recruitment of their children, as a result they would beg and often seek to buy their children out of the levy. The Balkan peasantry tried to evade the tribute collectors, with many attempting to substitute their children in Bosnia. Many sources
1798:
From the very beginning, the relationship between the ruler and his Turcoman allies was fraught with tension which undermined all attempts by the sultan to create a strong state. With the conquest of the Balkans, the sultan found that he could lessen his dependence on his Turcoman notables by
768:
notes the following regarding the devshirme system: "Although members of the devshirme class were technically slaves, they were of great importance to the Sultan because they owed him their absolute loyalty and became vital to his power. This status enabled some of the 'slaves' to become both
756:
looked more like a religious order than a military corps. The members of the organization were not banned from marriage, as Tavernier further noted, but it was very uncommon for them. He went on to write that their numbers had increased to a hundred thousand but only due to a degeneration of
1480:
and sold into the palace in the 17th century, reported that both Armenians and Jews were exempt from the devshirme levy. He wrote that the reason for the exemption of Armenians was religious in that Armenian Gregorian Church was considered the closest to Christ's (and therefore Muhammed's)
592:
To enforce the command of the known and holy fetva of Seyhul -Islam. In accordance with this whenever some one of the infidel parents or some other should oppose the giving up of his son for the Janissaries, he is immediately hanged from his door-sill, his blood being deemed
841:
were able to get around that injunction with an extraordinarily-creative legal manoeuvre by arguing that although Islamic tradition forbade the enslavement of Christians, Balkan Christians were different because they had converted to Christianity after the advent of Islam.
829:, the law enacted by the Sultan, superseded sharia even though the latter was treated with respect. The devshirme was just one example in which the Sultan's wishes superseded the sharia (another example is that Ottoman sultans set maximum interest rates even though sharia
711:
to Islam, examined and made to serve the empire. The system produced infantry corps soldiers as well as civilian administrators and high-ranked military officials." Their village, district and province, parentage, date of birth, and physical appearance was recorded.
2993:"Polis und Nationalstaat. Eine vergleichende Überbauanalyse im Anschluß an Aristoteles (= Sammlung Luchterhand, Band 93). Mit Widmung des Autors an den Philosophen Prof. Michael Theunissen von Tomberg, Friedrich: (1973) | Graphem. Kunst- und Buchantiquariat"
912:. Since Muslim Bosnians were the only Muslim ethnic group allowed to be recruited, an armed guard was required to lead the Bosnians on their way to Istanbul to avoid any Turkish boys from being smuggled into their ranks. The early Ottoman emphasis on recruiting
516:, made on 28 February 1395, titled: "On the abduction of children according to sultan's order and on the Future Judgment". The speech includes references to the violent Islamization of children and their hard training in the use of dogs and falcons.
1456:
More classifications, such as the artillery and cannon corps, miners and moat diggers and even a separate cannon-wagon corps were introduced later on, but the number of people in these groups were relatively small, and they incorporated Christian
757:
regulations, with many of them in fact being "fake" janissaries, posing as such for tax exemptions and other social privileges. He noted that the actual number of janissaries was in fact much lower. Shaw writes that their number was 30,000 under
724:), the Ottoman ruling class slowly came to be ruled exclusively by the devshirme, creating a separate social class. This class of rulers was chosen from the brightest of devshirme and handpicked to serve in the palace institution, known as the
1466:
Shaw states that the reason for the exemption may have been the recognition of both people as a separate nation (none of the Balkan ethnic groups were recognized as such) or that both Jews and Armenians lived mostly in the major cities
962:
positions of the Ottoman Empire helped to unite the diverse groups under its jurisdiction. They also prevented a hereditary aristocracy from forming but held sway over the Sultan themselves and practically formed their own aristocracy.
694:
in the year 1581, addressed to the Pope reads: "Holiest father, if you could convince him and save us and the children of Greece, that are taken every day and are turned into Turks, if you could only do this, God may bless you. Amen”.
481:
Muslims. Upon reaching adolescence, these children were enrolled in one of the four imperial institutions: the palace, the scribes, the Muslim clergy, and the military. Those enrolled in the military would become either part of the
619:
our youth did not permit us to do that.” Once when he and a group of other boys broke free and escaped, “the whole region pursued us, and having caught and bound us, they beat us and tortured us and dragged us behind horses.”
231:
1180:
According to the historian Cemal Kafadar, one of the main reasons for the decline of the devshirme system was that the size of the janissary corps had to be expanded to compensate for the decline in the importance of the
318:
from the 1400s to the 1600s. This was the second most powerful position in the Ottoman Empire, after the sultan. Initially, the grand viziers were exclusively of Turk origin, but after there were troubles between Sultan
1212:'s regime to reduce the numbers of the askeri class, who were the first class citizens or military class (also called janissaries). Selim was taken prisoner and murdered by the janissaries. The successor to the sultan,
414:
and the system of recruiting Christians effectively stopped by 1648. An attempt to re-institute it in 1703 was resisted by its Ottoman members, who coveted the military and civilian posts. Finally, in the early days of
409:
The practice began to die out as Ottoman soldiers preferred recruiting their own sons into the army, rather than sons from Christian families. In 1594, Muslims were officially allowed to take the positions held by the
1045:. Scouts were recruiting youngsters according to their talent and ability with school subjects, in addition to their personality, character and physical perfection. The Enderûn candidates were not supposed to be
1415:
This levy exacted by early Ottoman governments on Balkan Christians remains a sore spot in Balkan historiography: While many contemporary Turks prefer to look at the process of recruitment as purely voluntary
627:
caused them to “dare attempt this,” they responded, “None other than our great sorrow for our fathers and dear friends.” He had the children slowly tortured over the course of a year before beheading them.
3652:
Taskin, U. (2008). Klasik donem Osmanli egitim kurumlari – Ottoman educational foundations in classical terms. Uluslararasi Sosyal Arastirmalar Dergisi – The Journal of International Social Research 1,
3221:
This effectively enslaved some of the sultan's own non-Islamic subjects and was therefore illegal under Islamic law, which stipulated that conquered non-Muslims should be demilitarized and protected.
2199:
This effectively enslaved some of the sultan's own non-Islamic subjects and was therefore illegal under Islamic law, which stipulated that conquered non-Muslims should be demilitarized and protected
1072:. The cost of the devshirme service and their clothes were paid by their villages or communities. The boys were gathered into cohorts of a hundred or more to walk to Constantinople, where they were
904:
were preferred. What is certain is that devshirme were primarily recruited from Christians living in the Balkans, particularly Serbs and Bosnians, as well as others from the Balkans region, such as
224:
825:
Some scholars point out that the early Ottoman Empire did not care about the details of sharia and thus did not see any problems with devshirme. During this time, the Ottomans believed that the
1838:
The disappearance of this dynasty was symptomatic with the rise of the class of slave administrators, who were much easier for the sultan to control than free administrators of noble origin.
3623:
Basgoz, I. & Wilson, H. E. (1989). The educational tradition of the Ottoman Empire and the development of the Turkish educational system of the republican era. Turkish Review 3(16), 15.
2222:
Basgoz, I. & Wilson, H. E. (1989), The educational tradition of the Ottoman Empire and the development of the Turkish educational system of the republican era. Turkish Review 3(16), 15.
3433:
Basgoz, I. & Wilson, H. E. (1989), The educational tradition of the Ottoman Empire and the development of the Turkish educational system of the republican era. Turkish Review 3(16), 15
576:) mention different ways to avoid the devshirme such as: marrying the boys at the age of 12, mutilating them or have both father and son convert to Islam. Conversion to Islam was used in
3529:«Դեվշիրմեն» (մանկահավաքը) օսմանյան կայսրության մեջ ըստ թուրքական և հայկական աղբյուրների [The "Devshirme" (Child-Gathering) in the Ottoman Empire According to Turkish and Armenian Sources
495:, the Sultan's powerful chief minister and military deputy. In the beginning of the Ottoman Empire, this office was held only by Turks. However, after there were problems between sultan
5691:
477:(transliterated in English as janissary), meaning "the New Corps". The devshirme were set apart from the janissary in that they were not a calvalry group, rather exclusively infantry.
217:
716:
wrote in 1686 that diseases were common among the devshirme and that strict discipline was enforced. Although the influence of Turkic nobility continued in the Ottoman court until
938:
from the 15th to the 17th centuries and foreign travelers of the time concluded that Armenians were not exempt. Boys who were orphans or were their family's only son were exempt.
4165:
5696:
728:. They had to accompany the Sultan on campaigns, but exceptional service would be rewarded by assignments outside the palace. Those chosen for the scribe institution, known as
540:
in 1646 writes to the director of the Catholic Greek Gymnasion of Rome asking the latter to accept Paulos Omeros, a 12-year-old boy from Chios, to save him from the devshirme.
5606:
4739:
1773:
The outsides would owe their position, and their continuance on it, solely to the Sultan, and so be more reliably loyal than Turks subject to influence from court factions.
3632:
Van Duinkerken, W. (1998). Educational reform in the tanzimat era (1839–1876): Secular reforms in tanzimat (Unpublished masters thesis, McGiIl University). Retrieved from
4609:
3977:
746:. They were “degraded to the level of animals” and showed a “dog-like devotion to the sultan”, writes Vasiliki Papouli. Many possibly suffered from Stockholm Syndrome.
1220:, which caused a revolt among the janissaries. The authorities kept the janissaries in their barracks and slaughtered thousands of them. That development entered the
4003:
666:
The Tübingen manuscript written by Andre Argyros and John Tholoites and given to Martin Crusius in 1585 shows what the Christian parents thought of the Janissaries:
4128:
4035:
2872:
Monumenta spectantia ad unionem Ecclesiarum Graecae et Romanae, majorem partem e sanctioribus Vaticani tabulariis, edita ab Augustino Theiner et Francisco Miklosich
1501:
597:
Sources show that it was not rare for the older youth to attempt to preserve their faith and some recollection of their homeland and their families. For instance,
1169:
790:, founder of the Janissaries: "The conquered are slaves of the conquerors, to whom their goods, their women, and their children belong as lawful possession".
580:
to escape the system. In Albania and Epirus the practice led to a Christian revolt where the inhabitants killed the recruiting officials in the year 1565. In
4851:
4192:
4639:
307:(poor) classes. It is first mentioned in written records in 1438, but probably started earlier. It created a faction of soldiers and officials loyal to the
4938:
3392:
761:. By the 1650s, the number of janissaries had increased to 50,000, but by this time, the devshirme had largely been abandoned as a method of recruitment.
335:
administrators of Turkish aristocratic extraction. The devshirme also produced many of the Ottoman Empire's provincial governors, military commanders, and
4202:
2857:"Anemi - Digital Library of Modern Greek Studies - Tagebuch der vonzween Glorwurdigsten Romischen Kaysern Maximiliano und Rudolpho ... / Stephan Gerlachs"
4744:
1076:
and divided between the palace schools and the military training. Anyone not chosen for the palace spent years being toughened by hard labor on farms in
1986:...and point out that many Christian families were hostile and resentful about it—which is perhaps underlined by the use of force to impose the system.
924:
was a direct consequence of being centred on territories, in northwestern Anatolia and the southern Balkans, where those ethnic groups were prevalent.
5546:
5460:
5042:
4539:
4212:
2992:
1027:
787:
151:
131:
2332:
Zoras Th. Georgios, "Some accounts on Paedomazoma", Parnassos, vol. 4, 2 (1962), pp. 217 – (Ζώρας Θ. Γεώργιος, "Μαρτυρίαι τινές περί το Παιδομάζωμα"
1435:
has there meanings in Turkic: 'slave', 'servant' and 'male son'; thus, in this context, they were treated as and called 'servants' through the word
5711:
5366:
5007:
4276:
3636:
435:
system of slavery that developed in the early centuries of the Ottoman Empire, and which reached this final development during the reign of Sultan
5686:
5681:
5527:
5381:
4348:
4187:
556:, Christian children were taken by Ottoman officials, every four to seven years, their age ranging from 7 to 20. Those younger than 8 were called
3760:
Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. Cyril and Methodius National Library: Registers
2334:
5706:
5701:
5591:
5386:
5091:
4883:
4871:
4788:
4470:
4343:
4207:
3886:
Hubbard, Glenn and Tim Kane. (2013). Balance: The Economics of Great Powers From Ancient Rome to Modern America. Simon & Schuster. p. 153.
3800:
Hubbard, Glenn and Tim Kane. (2013). Balance: The Economics of Great Powers From Ancient Rome to Modern America. Simon & Schuster. p. 152.
2359:, 1453–1669, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 1976, p. 41; Vasiliki Papoulia, The Impact of Devshirme on Greek Society, in
1703:
Lowry shows that not only Christian peasants but large numbers of the Byzantine-Balkan aristocracy were recruited into the Ottoman ruling elite
500:
324:
51:
5581:
5002:
4296:
3960:
3891:
3805:
3741:
3581:
3463:
3365:
3332:
3214:
2760:
2726:
2671:
2641:
2536:
2509:
2482:
2439:
2412:
2382:
2273:
2243:
2192:
2036:
2009:
1963:
1931:
1900:
1861:
1831:
1748:
1696:
1638:
1611:
1543:
1049:
or the only child in their family to ensure that the candidates had strong family values. They also had to not have already learned to speak
2895:
French version exists, and fragments exist in C.G. and A.W. Fisher's "Topkapi Sarayi in the Mid-17th Century: Bobovi's Description" in 1985.
568:(child). One for every forty households was chosen, they had to be unmarried and once taken were ordered to cut all ties with their family.
4480:
4455:
4424:
4099:
3907:
3248:
743:
5551:
3498:
The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume II: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century
5425:
5403:
4266:
4087:
4028:
1186:
had become increasingly abandoned for less rigid recruitment methods, which allowed Muslims to enter directly into the janissary corps.
461:(The Hearth of the Porte Servants). They were divided into two main groups: cavalry and infantry. The cavalry was commonly known as the
5437:
5136:
5096:
5070:
5024:
4765:
4512:
4160:
1124:
number of eunuchs of devshirme origin went on to hold important positions in the government and the military, and many of them became
3496:
Kouymjian, Dickran (1997). "Armenia from the Fall of the Cilician Kingdom (1375) to the Forced Migration under Shah Abbas (1604)" in
5260:
4394:
4311:
4301:
4145:
3939:
3826:
3768:
3509:
3068:
2976:
2914:
2793:
2699:
1198:
4802:
1201:
in 1687, only 130 janissary inductees were graduated to the janissary ranks. The system was finally abolished in the early part of
1103:
process. They would later attend schools across Anatolia to complete their training for six to seven years to qualify as ordinary
34:
5532:
5472:
5265:
4734:
774:
721:
455:
as his personal troops, independent of the regular army." This elite force, which served the Ottoman Sultan directly, was called
347:, many eunuchs of devshirme origin went on to hold important positions in the military and the government, such as grand viziers
394:
in the Ottoman Empire. They were separated according to ability and could rise in rank based on merit. The most talented, the
5536:
5331:
5177:
5032:
4997:
4903:
4861:
4155:
3791:
Cemal Kafadar. "The Question of Ottoman Decline." Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review, vol. 4, no. 1-2, 1997–1998, pp. 52
3708:
Ilgurel, M. (1988). Acemi Oglani. In Diyanet Islam ansiklopedisi (Vol. I, pp. 324–25). Istanbul, Turkey: Turkiye Diyanet Vakfi.
781:, that the devshirme was a penalization imposed on the Balkan peoples since their ancestors had resisted the Ottoman invasion.
537:
266:
126:
5431:
5419:
4856:
4682:
4623:
4229:
4021:
3687:
3677:
Ipsirli, M. (1995). Enderûn. In Diyanet Islam ansiklopedisi (Vol. XI, pp. 185–187). Istanbul, Turkey: Turkiye Diyanet Vakfi.
2567:
1661:
1302:
1217:
843:
553:
4197:
622:
It is said that: "Even those personally chosen by the Sultan found nothing admirable about their lot." After Ottoman Sultan
244:
5731:
5726:
5321:
5229:
5129:
5075:
4925:
4915:
4409:
4052:
4000:
2140:
Back from Barbary : captivity, redemption and French identity in the seventeenth-and eighteenth-century Mediterranean
1237:
1216:, was patient but remembered the results of the uprising in 1807. In 1826, he created the basis of a new modern army, the
638:, a traditional folk song expressed this resentment by cursing the Sultan and admonishing against the kidnapping of boys:
527:
430:
71:
43:
4693:
3030:Ágoston, Gábor (2014). "Firearms and Military Adaptation: The Ottomans and the European Military Revolution, 1450–1800".
1509:
934:
are also believed to have been exempt from the levy by many scholars, although a 1997 publication that examined Armenian
5721:
5576:
5449:
4475:
4224:
445:
were mostly prisoners from war, hostages or slaves that were purchased by the state. The Ottoman Empire, beginning with
2341:(in Greek). On the Axayioli poem, pp 217–221. On the letter of bishop of Chios, pp 221–223. Original letter in Italian.
1666:
Politically, it meant that the devshirme class, composed primarily of descendants of the Balkan noble and rayah classes
584:, after killing the recruiting officials the parents fled to the mountains but were later caught and executed in 1705.
5376:
5371:
5224:
5101:
5065:
5047:
5014:
4985:
4500:
1678:
94:
3206:
Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia
2185:
Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia
5618:
4760:
4065:
3931:
3269:
3086:
1981:
1892:
1738:
1688:
1373:
885:
3424:
Nasuh, Matrakci (1588). "Janissary Recruitment in the Balkans". Süleymanname, Topkapi Sarai Museum, Ms Hazine 1517
884:, the janissaries were mainly recruited from the Slavic and Albanian populations of the Balkans. According to the
5716:
5455:
5341:
5296:
4150:
3234:
1393:
1061:
mentioned that a youth with a bodily defect, no matter how slight, was never admitted into palace service, since
738:, all orthodox Muslim clergy of the Ottoman Empire were educated and sent to provinces or served in the capital.
3266:
The Monotheists: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume II: The Words and Will of God
491:), where they were destined for a career within the palace itself and could attain the highest office of state,
449:, felt a need to "counteract the power of (Turkic) nobles by developing Christian vassal soldiers and converted
5541:
5504:
5477:
5466:
5250:
4908:
4667:
4656:
4138:
3532:
1322:
1050:
806:
writes that since the boys were "effectively enslaved" under the devshirme system, this was a violation of the
758:
698:
In 1456 Greeks living on the western coast of Anatolia appealed to the Knights Hospitalers of Rhodes for help.
257:
818:. The practice of devshirme also involved forced conversions to Islam. This is disputed by Turkish historian
5649:
5234:
5143:
4649:
4492:
3005:
1350:
1293:
1165:
1149:
749:
513:
99:
5639:
5346:
5281:
4963:
4717:
4318:
4104:
4080:
3547:
1157:
889:
577:
344:
4809:
1429:
has meaning of more a 'paid servant' rather than a slave, as word's meaning shifted over years. The word
1153:
402:) were trained for the highest positions in the empire. Others joined the military, including the famed
5336:
5255:
5214:
5204:
4724:
4439:
4234:
3633:
3200:
1073:
935:
853:
Contemporary Ottoman chroniclers had mixed opinions on the practice. An Ottoman historian of the 1500s,
204:
3718:
1569:
1145:
707:
The children were taken from their families and transported to Istanbul. Upon their arrival, they were
4819:
1041:
Those entrusted to find those children were scouts, who were specially-trained agents, throughout the
5483:
5398:
5356:
5351:
4948:
4933:
4677:
4434:
2163:
Middle East Conflicts from Ancient Egypt to the 21st Century: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection
1161:
1137:
950:
356:
4109:
892:, in the early days of the empire, all Christians were enrolled indiscriminately. Later, those from
5301:
5291:
5286:
5170:
4672:
4075:
3501:
2856:
1364:
1225:
870:
686:
In desperation the parents would appeal to the Pope and western powers for help. A petition of the
371:
278:
2331:
819:
390:
5676:
5209:
4980:
4239:
4116:
4092:
3047:
2838:
2830:
2657:
2599:"Istoria tou neou ellenismou: Tourkokratia 1453-1669. Oi agones gia ten piste kai ten eleytheria"
2472:
1384:
815:
141:
4505:
1769:
Greece, the Hidden Centuries: Turkish Rule from the Fall of Constantinople to Greek Independence
1133:
1129:
661:
Anonymous song protesting the collecting of young boys to be made slaves of the Ottoman Empire,
606:
other manner something of God's world, they hear him as diligently as if he were their preacher.
352:
348:
3733:
The Holy Wars of King Wladislas and Sultan Murad: The Ottoman-Christian Conflict from 1438–1444
3357:
1068:
The selected children were dressed in red so that they could not easily escape on their way to
5634:
5443:
5361:
5219:
5111:
4953:
4306:
3956:
3935:
3887:
3822:
3801:
3764:
3737:
3577:
3505:
3459:
3361:
3328:
3244:
3210:
3204:
3064:
2972:
2910:
2789:
2756:
2722:
2716:
2695:
2667:
2661:
2637:
2532:
2505:
2478:
2435:
2408:
2378:
2269:
2239:
2188:
2180:
2032:
2005:
1959:
1927:
1896:
1857:
1827:
1744:
1692:
1634:
1607:
1539:
1342:
1313:
1141:
1088:
1014:
palace schools, Enderûn was unique with respect to the background of the student body and its
1003:
979:
854:
782:
713:
708:
3731:
3665:
Miller, B. (1973). The palace school of Muhammad the Conqueror (Reprint ed.). NY: Arno Press.
2750:
2429:
1953:
5596:
5316:
4970:
4729:
4527:
4333:
4060:
3919:
3548:"Klasik donem Osmanli egitim kurumlari – Ottoman educational foundations in classical terms"
3039:
2822:
1104:
679:
119:
3386:
1999:
1558:
Ingvar Svanberg and David Westerlund, Islam Outside the Arab World, Routledge, 1999, p. 140
485:
corps (1363), or part of another corps. The most promising were sent to the palace school (
339:
during the 1400s–1600s period. Sometimes, the devshirme recruits were castrated and became
327:, who was the first grand vizier to be executed, there was a rise of slave administrators (
5571:
5326:
4975:
4829:
4770:
4532:
4291:
4007:
3640:
3524:
3478:
Andrina Stiles, 'The Ottoman Empire: 1450–1700' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1989), pp. 66–73.
2338:
1823:
1221:
834:
675:
598:
581:
367:
109:
5612:
5556:
5163:
5057:
5037:
4990:
4044:
3350:
1477:
1069:
999:
995:
866:
611:
363:
308:
284:
136:
1799:
creating a counter-force from among the Christians in the newly conquered territories.
1057:
or trade. The ideal age of a recruit was between 10 and 20 years of age. Mehmed Refik
5670:
5566:
5561:
5393:
4958:
4898:
4712:
4595:
4383:
4370:
4338:
4328:
4323:
3924:
3381:
3061:
The Sultan's Servants: The Transformation of Ottoman Provincial Government, 1550–1650
3051:
2842:
1882:
1447:
being the actual term used to describe literal slaves (mostly domestic house slaves).
1100:
1062:
1031:
881:
803:
468:
382:
66:
4429:
3453:
5601:
4844:
4814:
4704:
4544:
4522:
4121:
4070:
3699:
Horniker, A. N. (1944). The Corps of the Janizaries. Military Affairs 8(3), 177–04.
2687:
1125:
1065:
believed that a strong soul and a good mind could be found only in a perfect body.
1007:
865:
The devshirme were collected once every four or five years from rural provinces in
573:
492:
315:
288:
189:
114:
3158:, Vol. 20, No. 1/3, 1957, V. Minorsky, (Cambridge University Press, 1957), p. 437.
3008:. Nouvelle Relation de L'ınterieur du Serrial du Grand Seigneur. 1678, Amsterdam.
651:
Their parents weep and their sisters and brothers too And I cry until it pains me;
3950:
3758:
3717:
Akarsu, F. (n.d.) "Enderun: Ustun yetenekliler icin saray okulu". Retrieved from
3322:
2966:
2870:
2783:
2631:
2613:
2598:
2581:
2553:
2526:
2499:
2402:
2263:
2233:
2121:
2026:
1921:
1886:
1851:
1817:
1682:
1655:
1628:
1601:
283:'collecting', usually translated as "child levy" or "blood tax") was the
5644:
5311:
5190:
4644:
4353:
4219:
4001:
Website on the Ottoman empire – original German version; here its Janissary page
3406:
Encyclopaedia of Islam (Leiden Grill, 1967–97), vol. 4, art. 'Devshirme'. p 151.
1262:
1257:
1092:
1023:
1015:
1011:
946:
921:
826:
403:
378:
3110:
Cleveland, William L. "A History of the Modern Middle East. 3rd Edition." p. 46
1982:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/slavery_1.shtml#section_4
4893:
4517:
4360:
983:
942:
725:
311:. It counterbalanced the Turkish nobility, who sometimes opposed the Sultan.
166:
104:
1002:
and other palace schools of the previous civilizations, such as those of the
5509:
5306:
4661:
4588:
4571:
4365:
3396:. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 151–152.
3238:
3183:
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
3169:
The Government of the Ottoman empire in the time of Suleiman the Magnificent
1793:
1242:
1213:
1209:
1208:
After Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, there was a reform movement in Sultan
1202:
1081:
941:
Well-known examples of Ottomans who had been recruited as devshirme include
931:
917:
905:
786:
to the Sultan and the official faith of Islam." This system as explained by
753:
717:
687:
496:
482:
436:
427:
The devshirme (from the Turkish word meaning to collect) came up out of the
416:
320:
5155:
4244:
3142:, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1966, V.L.Menage, (Cambridge University Press, 1966), 70.
3126:, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1966, V.L.Menage, (Cambridge University Press, 1966), 64.
1018:
system. In the strict draft phase, students were taken forcefully from the
735:
691:
3043:
1722:
David Nicolle (2011). "Devshirme System". In Alexander Mikaberidze (ed.).
1087:
The brightest youths who fit into the general guidelines and had a strong
798:
According to scholars, the practice of devshirme was a clear violation of
17:
5186:
4839:
4687:
4444:
4419:
4133:
1442:
1436:
1430:
1424:
1190:
1096:
1077:
901:
874:
822:, who argues that the devshirme were not slaves once converted to Islam.
734:, were also granted prestigious positions. At the religious institution,
729:
623:
563:
557:
486:
472:
462:
456:
450:
440:
428:
362:
Ottoman officials would take male Christian children, aged 7 to 20, from
300:
161:
4834:
4824:
4604:
4578:
4259:
4254:
3327:. Makers of the Muslim World Series. Oneworld Publications. p. 4.
2834:
2810:
2583:
De Turcarum moribus epitome, Bartholomaeo Georgieviz, peregrino, autore
1850:
William L Cleveland and Martin Bunt; William L. Cleveland (July 2010).
1252:
1194:
1120:
1046:
1042:
893:
615:
he prayed at night before the cross which he kept carefully concealed.
446:
340:
332:
3442:
Perry Anderson (1979). Lineages of the Absolutist State. Verso. p. 366
5106:
4583:
4566:
4414:
3995:
3634:
http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca:1801/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id
1724:
Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia
1247:
1182:
991:
913:
909:
897:
847:
809:
799:
635:
386:
292:
194:
184:
3719:
http://fusunakarsu.com/articles/ENDERUN_ustun_yetenekliler_icin.html
3598:
2826:
970:
530:
to liberate the Christians from the Turks. The text is found in the
3574:
Empire of difference : the Ottomans in comparative perspective
2161:
David Nicolle (2019). "Devshirme System". In Spencer Tucker (ed.).
850:
school of law, which the Ottoman Empire claimed to have practiced.
3458:. Internet Archive. New York, NY : Dorset Press. p. 25.
3385:
2144:
Many scholars consider that the "child levy" violated Islamic law.
1630:
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
1108:
1054:
1035:
1019:
987:
336:
304:
296:
199:
4013:
2785:
The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims
2501:
The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims
331:). They were much easier for the sultans to control, compared to
4600:
1189:
In 1632, the janissaries attempted an unsuccessful coup against
927:
838:
830:
249:
birth and physical appearance. Ottoman miniature painting, 1558.
5159:
4017:
3415:
John A. Fine – The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey pdf
1536:
Osman's dream : the story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923
2909:. United States of America: LB Tauris and Co. Ltd. p. 5.
2363:, Editor—in—Chief, Bela K. Kiraly, 1982, Vol. II, pp. 561—562.
1058:
765:
377:
Many scholars consider the practice of devshirme as violating
3763:. Narodna biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ". p. 243.
2885:
A History of the Modern Middle East Cleveland and Buntin p.42
2461:
Ottoman Empire and Islamic Tradition, Norman Itzkowitz, p. 49
2396:
2394:
271:
1947:
1945:
1943:
1684:
Visions of Empire How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World
1307:
3528:
3240:
The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 6, c.1300–c.1415
2528:
The Making of Modern Greece: From Byzantium to Independence
2213:
Halil Inalcik, "Ottoman Civilisation", p. 138, Ankara 2004.
1292:
Known as 'collection of children' or 'child-gathering' in:
3821:. London and New York: LB Tauris and Co. Ltd. p. 80.
3352:
Race and Slavery in the Middle East: An Historical Enquiry
2087:, ed. Cyril Glassé, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008), 129.
2057:
Islamic Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals
291:
soldiers and bureaucrats from among the children of their
3926:
History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey, Volume I
2322:(11ος-15ος μ.Χ.), Θεσσαλονίκη 1992, σ. 71–77) (in Greek).
2288:
Halil Inalcik, "Ottoman Civilisation", p138, Ankara 2004.
1378:
3690:, Historia: the Alpha Rho Papers, vol. 2, p. 167, 168.
3324:
Beshir Agha: chief eunuch of the Ottoman imperial harem
2568:"The History of Turkish-Occupied Greece (Four volumes)"
1398:
385:
writes that enslavement of Christian boys violates the
295:
Christian subjects and raising them in the religion of
3243:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 860.
3156:
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
3140:
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
3124:
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
2257:
2255:
2068:
2066:
1327:
703:
from here, for we are suffering greatly from the Turk.
655:
For last year it was my son and this year my brother.
526:
in Greek by Ioannes Axayiolis, who appeals to Emperor
2431:
Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453–1924
1411:
1409:
1288:
1286:
846:
points out that the reasoning is not accepted in the
2755:. Cities through time. Runestone Press. p. 43.
1358:
807:
519:
A reference to devshirme is made in a poem composed
299:. Those coming from the Balkans came primarily from
5627:
5607:
Child abductions in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
5518:
5493:
5412:
5274:
5243:
5197:
5084:
5056:
5023:
4924:
4870:
4787:
4753:
4703:
4631:
4622:
4559:
4491:
4453:
4392:
4381:
4284:
4275:
4176:
4051:
3063:. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 76.
2401:Clarence-Smith, W.G.; Clarence-Smith, W.G. (2006).
507:
419:'s reign, the practice of devshirme was abolished.
3923:
3912:Süleymanname, Topkapi Sarai Museum, Ms Hazine 1517
3787:
3785:
3783:
3349:
2174:
2172:
1506:Süleymanname, Topkapi Sarai Museum, Ms Hazine 1517
1107:. They would get the highest salaries amongst the
3301:
3299:
3297:
2630:Michałowicz, K.; Soucek, S.; Stolz, B.A. (2010).
2235:Southeastern Europe under Ottoman Rule, 1354–1804
2133:
2131:
2095:
2093:
1654:Charles Jelavich; Barbara Jelavich, eds. (1963).
647:You catch and shackle the old and the archpriests
3233:Kunt, I. (2000). "The Rise of the Ottomans". In
5692:Persecution of Christians in the Ottoman Empire
3978:"Islam and slavery: The persistence of history"
3504:(ed.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 12–14.
3181:Paul Wittek (1955). "Devs̱ẖirme and s̱ẖarī'a".
2268:. A Phoenix book. University of Chicago Press.
998:. Although there are many resemblances between
700:
668:
645:For the evil you have done and the evil you do.
640:
603:
590:
3171:, (Harvard University Press, 1913), pp. 63–64.
2238:. University of Washington Press. p. 56.
1888:Dynasties A Global History of Power, 1300–1800
5171:
4029:
2971:. University of Toronto Press. January 2014.
1238:Ottoman slavery in Central and Eastern Europe
1034:were exempted from devshirme and so were all
649:In order to take the children as Janissaries.
314:The system produced a considerable number of
225:
8:
2636:. Markus Wiener Publishers. pp. 50–51.
2050:
2048:
814:protections guaranteed under Islamic law to
506:An early Greek source mentioning devshirme (
5697:Persecution of Greeks in the Ottoman Empire
3996:"Devsirme" in "Encyclopaedia of the Orient"
3087:"BBC – Religions – Islam: Slavery in Islam"
2156:
2154:
2152:
531:
5497:
5178:
5164:
5156:
4876:
4628:
4389:
4281:
4180:
4036:
4022:
4014:
3281:
3279:
2811:"Isidore Glabas and the Turkish Devshirme"
1926:. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 29.
1877:
1875:
1873:
1717:
1715:
1713:
1711:
1172:, became prominent admirals and generals.
232:
218:
29:
5547:Canadian Indian residential school system
3673:
3671:
3661:
3659:
2752:Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Istanbul
1762:
1760:
1627:Hanson, Victor Davis (18 December 2007).
861:Ethnicity of the devshirme and exemptions
3599:"The Devshirme System, a Necessary Evil"
3555:Journal of International Social Research
2663:Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe
2625:
2623:
2351:
2349:
2347:
2115:
2113:
2111:
2104:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1811:
1809:
1807:
1783:
1781:
1595:
1593:
1591:
1529:
1527:
969:
243:
5528:List of international adoption scandals
3865:
3853:
3841:
3688:Devshirme is a Contested Practice(2012)
2718:Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature
2209:
2207:
2004:. London : Macmillan. p. 96.
1606:. Oxford University Press. p. 80.
1492:
1476:Albertus Bobovius, who was enslaved by
1273:
175:
150:
85:
57:
50:
5592:Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany
3908:"Janissary Recruitment in the Balkans"
2968:The Crusades: A Reader: Second Edition
2788:. Prometheus Books. 29 December 2010.
2361:War and Society in East Central Europe
2122:"Seljuk Gulams and Ottoman Devshirmes"
1977:
1975:
1502:"Janissary Recruitment in the Balkans"
966:Devshirme in the Ottoman Palace School
678:gives the case of a Greek Mother from
643:Be damned, O Emperor, be thrice damned
5582:Forced adoption in the United Kingdom
3775:Sehabeddin Pasa, devshirme conscript.
982:was to train the ablest children for
389:protections guaranteed in Islam, but
7:
3017:
2953:
2941:
2929:
2471:Detrez, Raymond (18 December 2014).
2309:
2297:
2265:Ottoman Empire and Islamic Tradition
2102:Introduction ṭo Islamic Civilization
2072:
1633:. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
744:Giovan Francesco Morosini (cardinal)
467:(The Cavalry of the Servants of the
261:
5461:Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act
5426:Adoption Information Disclosure Act
5404:History of children in the military
3356:. Oxford University Press. p.
3290:. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 115.
2715:Merry, B.; Greenwood Press (2004).
2612:Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1974).
2597:Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1961).
2142:. Stanford University. p. 32.
1856:. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 115.
1853:A History of the Modern Middle East
1740:A History of the Modern Middle East
1737:William L. Cleveland (4 May 2018).
1570:"Devshirme is a Contested Practice"
1111:and very well respected in public.
788:Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha
5628:Historical criticism of orphanages
5519:Controversial violations of rights
4461:(reform and constitutional period)
3730:Jefferson, John (17 August 2012).
3308:Islam and the Abolition of Slavery
3288:Law and Power in the Islamic World
3152:Shaykh Bali-Efendi on the Safavids
2404:Islam and the Abolition of Slavery
2183:. In Alexander Mikaberidze (ed.).
2031:. London : Saqi. p. 40.
1955:Islam and the Abolition of Slavery
1020:Christian population of the Empire
343:. Although often destined for the
27:Ottoman child levy and enslavement
25:
5552:Tennessee Children's Home Society
4349:List of Ottoman sultans' consorts
4312:Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
2474:Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria
2434:. John Murray Press. p. 26.
1603:The Modern Middle East: A History
536:of 1624. In another account, the
5533:American Indian boarding schools
5473:Islamic adoptional jurisprudence
4344:List of Ottoman sultans' mothers
3306:William Gervase Clarence-Smith.
2721:. Greenwood Press. p. 197.
2694:. London: Papermac. p. 46.
1819:The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire
775:Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb
501:Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger
325:Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger
33:
5712:Education in the Ottoman Empire
5537:American Indian outing programs
5332:Cultural variations in adoption
4425:Defterdars/Ministers of Finance
3455:Everyday life in Ottoman Turkey
2749:Bator, R.; Rothero, C. (2000).
2377:. Timaş Yayınları. p. 71.
930:were exempt from this service.
5687:Slaves from the Ottoman Empire
5682:Military of the Ottoman Empire
5432:Adoption and Safe Families Act
5420:Access to Adoption Records Act
4166:Persecution of Ottoman Muslims
3605:. American Military University
3576:. Cambridge University Press.
2232:Peter F. Sugar (1 July 2012).
2179:David Nicolle (22 July 2011).
1726:. Vol. 1. pp. 273–4.
1662:University of California Press
1218:Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye
844:William Gervase Clarence-Smith
653:As long as I live I shall cry,
554:William Gervase Clarence-Smith
538:Roman Catholic bishop of Chios
1:
5707:Society of the Ottoman Empire
5702:Culture of the Ottoman Empire
5322:Political abuse of psychiatry
2614:"Istoria tou neou ellenismou"
2085:The New Encyclopedia of Islam
2001:Kosovo : a short history
1197:. On the accession of sultan
978:The primary objective of the
777:and Harold Bowen, authors of
520:
323:and the Turkish grand vizier
44:History of the Ottoman Empire
5577:Forced adoption in Australia
5521:in adoption or child custody
5450:Foster Care Independence Act
3643:=0&dvs=1248070802480~852
3536:5-6/2-3 (1959): pp. 247–256.
2477:. Rowman & Littlefield.
1816:Aksin Somel, Selcuk (2010).
1538:. Basic Books. p. 325.
1443:
1437:
1431:
1425:
1308:
1109:administrators of the empire
1091:were then given to selected
779:Islamic Society and the West
730:
564:
558:
512:) is a speech by Archbishop
487:
473:
463:
457:
451:
441:
429:
272:
4610:Vassal and tributary states
2586:. apud J. Tornaesium. 1558.
2407:. Oxford University Press.
2187:. ABC-CLIO. pp. 273–.
1952:Clarence-Smith, W. (2020).
1790:The Making of Modern Turkey
1399:
1379:
1328:
1158:Hadım Yakup Pasha of Bosnia
1080:until they were old enough
808:
508:
5748:
5619:Jewish orphans controversy
5456:Hague Adoption Convention
3952:Ottoman Warfare, 1500–1700
3932:Cambridge University Press
3757:Orientalski otdel (2003).
3270:Princeton University Press
3136:Some Notes on the Devsirme
3120:Some Notes on the Devsirme
2666:. Routledge. p. 201.
2554:"Bibliographie hellénique"
2531:. Rowman and Littlefield.
2138:Gillian Lee Weiss (2002).
2100:R. M. Savory, ed. (1976).
1893:Cambridge University Press
1689:Princeton University Press
1297:
831:totally prohibits interest
471:) and the infantry as the
86:Ethnoreligious communities
5500:
5438:Christian law of adoption
5342:Genealogical bewilderment
5297:Adoption reunion registry
5124:
4879:
4183:
4129:Decline and modernization
4010:(to be further exploited)
3949:Murphey, Rhoads (2006) .
3209:. ABC-CLIO. p. 273.
2025:Goodwin, Godfrey (1997).
1657:The Balkans in Transition
1534:Finkel, Caroline (2007).
1388:
1368:
1359:
1341:Known as 'blood tax' in:
1317:
1280:occasionally "devishirme"
548:The life of the devshirme
5542:Indian Placement Program
5505:Adoption in ancient Rome
5478:Putative father registry
5467:Indian Child Welfare Act
4657:Six Divisions of Cavalry
4193:Foreign Affairs Ministry
3906:Nasuh, Matrakci (1588).
3533:Patma-Banasirakan Handes
3452:Lewis, Raphaela (1988).
3032:Journal of World History
2809:Vryonis, Speros (1956).
2525:D.A. Zakythēnos (1976).
2120:Vryonis, Speros (1965).
1600:James L. Gelvin (2016).
1500:Nasuh, Matrakci (1588).
794:Status under Islamic law
759:Suleiman the Magnificent
4650:Agha of the Janissaries
4297:List of Ottoman sultans
4006:5 February 2012 at the
3393:Encyclopædia Britannica
3348:Lewis, Bernard (1992).
3059:Kunt, Metin İ. (1983).
2692:Bosnia: A Short History
2552:Legrand, Emile (1885).
2373:Ortaylı, İlber (2016).
2337:23 January 2021 at the
1908:their region of origin.
1162:Hadım Ali Pasha of Buda
886:Encyclopædia Britannica
769:powerful and wealthy."
752:noted in 1678 that the
552:According to historian
533:Codex Vaticanus Graecus
514:Isidore of Thessalonica
5640:Mount Cashel Orphanage
5347:International adoption
5282:Adopted child syndrome
5244:Foster care by country
4852:Science and technology
4302:Roman succession claim
3817:Zürcher, Erik (1999).
3572:Barkey, Karen (2008).
3201:Mikaberidze, Alexander
2905:Zürcher, Erik (1999).
2633:Memoirs of a Janissary
2262:Itzkowitz, N. (2008).
1998:Malcolm, Noel (1998).
1354:
1346:
1205:'s reign (1703–1730).
1022:and were converted to
975:
890:Encyclopaedia of Islam
837:explains that Ottoman
705:
673:
664:
608:
595:
578:Bosnia and Herzegovina
532:
250:
4725:Dragoman of the Fleet
4440:Dragoman of the Porte
4230:Armenian Constitution
4117:Stagnation and reform
3877:Kinross, pp. 456–457.
3736:. BRILL. p. 13.
3639:28 March 2012 at the
3321:Hathaway, J. (2005).
3167:Lybyer, Albert Howe,
3044:10.1353/jwh.2014.0005
2498:Bostom, A.G. (2010).
2055:Douglas E Stresusnd.
1958:. Hurst. p. 49.
1923:The History of Serbia
1012:contemporary European
986:positions, either as
973:
247:
58:Court and aristocracy
5732:Anti-intellectualism
5727:European slave trade
5650:St. John's Orphanage
5484:Uniform Adoption Act
5399:Sealed birth records
5357:Language of adoption
5352:Interracial adoption
4445:Outer Palace Service
4361:Inner Palace Service
2504:. Prometheus Books.
2355:A. E. Vacalopoulos.
1920:John K. Cox (2002).
1576:. University of Utah
1170:Hadım Suleiman Pasha
1166:Hadım Suleiman Pasha
1150:Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha
951:Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
528:Charles V of Germany
303:Balkan families and
5722:Ottoman slave trade
5302:Adoption tax credit
5292:Adoption home study
5287:Adoption disclosure
5198:Adoption by country
4640:Classic period army
4481:Chamber of Deputies
4456:Imperial Government
3546:Taskin, U. (2008).
3502:Richard Hovannisian
3387:"Janissaries"
2956:, pp. 132–139.
2932:, pp. 115–117.
2428:Mansel, P. (2011).
2312:, pp. 112–129.
1226:Auspicious Incident
992:high administrators
871:Southeastern Europe
372:Southeastern Europe
289:forcibly recruiting
152:Rise of nationalism
4267:Translation Office
4151:2nd Constitutional
4139:1st Constitutional
4093:Sultanate of Women
2658:Traian Stoianovich
2375:Türklerin Tarihi 2
2181:"Devshirme System"
1512:on 3 December 2018
1146:Hadım Mehmed Pasha
976:
816:People of the Book
709:forcibly converted
251:
142:Great Fire of 1660
5662:
5661:
5658:
5657:
5635:Duplessis Orphans
5444:Dima Yakovlev Law
5362:Same-sex adoption
5153:
5152:
5120:
5119:
5112:Star and crescent
4783:
4782:
4779:
4778:
4618:
4617:
4555:
4554:
4307:Ottoman Caliphate
4188:Foreign relations
3984:. 22 August 2015.
3962:978-1-135-36591-2
3892:978-1-4767-0025-0
3844:, pp. 44–45.
3806:978-1-4767-0025-0
3743:978-90-04-21904-5
3583:978-0-521-71533-1
3487:Shaw 1976, p. 114
3465:978-0-88029-175-0
3367:978-0-19-505326-5
3334:978-1-85168-390-1
3216:978-1-59884-337-8
2762:978-0-8225-3217-0
2728:978-0-313-30813-0
2673:978-1-317-47615-3
2643:978-1-55876-531-3
2538:978-0-87471-796-9
2511:978-1-61592-017-4
2484:978-1-4422-4180-0
2441:978-1-84854-647-9
2414:978-0-19-522151-0
2384:978-605-08-2221-2
2275:978-0-226-09801-2
2245:978-0-295-80363-0
2194:978-1-59884-337-8
2038:978-0-86356-049-1
2011:978-0-333-66612-8
1965:978-1-78738-415-6
1933:978-0-313-31290-8
1902:978-1-107-06068-5
1863:978-1-4587-8155-0
1833:978-0-8108-7579-1
1750:978-0-429-97513-4
1698:978-0-691-19280-2
1640:978-0-307-42518-8
1613:978-0-19-021886-7
1545:978-0-465-02396-7
1397:
1377:
1326:
1306:
1168:and his namesake
1142:Hadim Mesih Pasha
1138:Hadım Hasan Pasha
1105:military officers
1089:primary education
802:or Islamic law.
783:Vladimir Minorsky
714:Albertus Bobovius
357:Hadım Hasan Pasha
282:
270:
242:
241:
16:(Redirected from
5739:
5717:Military slavery
5597:Tianjin Massacre
5498:
5317:Child laundering
5180:
5173:
5166:
5157:
4884:Social structure
4877:
4730:Imperial Arsenal
4629:
4463:
4402:
4400:(classic period)
4395:Imperial Council
4390:
4282:
4181:
4038:
4031:
4024:
4015:
3985:
3966:
3945:
3929:
3915:
3894:
3884:
3878:
3875:
3869:
3863:
3857:
3851:
3845:
3839:
3833:
3832:
3819:Arming the State
3814:
3808:
3798:
3792:
3789:
3778:
3777:
3754:
3748:
3747:
3727:
3721:
3715:
3709:
3706:
3700:
3697:
3691:
3684:
3678:
3675:
3666:
3663:
3654:
3650:
3644:
3630:
3624:
3621:
3615:
3614:
3612:
3610:
3594:
3588:
3587:
3569:
3563:
3562:
3552:
3543:
3537:
3525:Zulalyan, Manvel
3523:
3519:
3513:
3494:
3488:
3485:
3479:
3476:
3470:
3469:
3449:
3443:
3440:
3434:
3431:
3425:
3422:
3416:
3413:
3407:
3404:
3398:
3397:
3389:
3378:
3372:
3371:
3355:
3345:
3339:
3338:
3318:
3312:
3311:
3310:. pp. 38–9.
3303:
3292:
3291:
3283:
3274:
3273:
3261:
3255:
3254:
3250:978-1-13905574-1
3230:
3224:
3223:
3197:
3191:
3190:
3178:
3172:
3165:
3159:
3149:
3143:
3133:
3127:
3117:
3111:
3108:
3102:
3101:
3099:
3097:
3083:
3077:
3074:
3055:
3027:
3021:
3015:
3009:
3003:
2997:
2996:
2989:
2983:
2982:
2963:
2957:
2951:
2945:
2939:
2933:
2927:
2921:
2920:
2907:Arming the State
2902:
2896:
2892:
2886:
2883:
2877:
2876:
2867:
2861:
2860:
2853:
2847:
2846:
2806:
2800:
2799:
2780:
2774:
2773:
2771:
2769:
2746:
2740:
2739:
2737:
2735:
2712:
2706:
2705:
2684:
2678:
2677:
2654:
2648:
2647:
2627:
2618:
2617:
2609:
2603:
2602:
2594:
2588:
2587:
2578:
2572:
2571:
2564:
2558:
2557:
2549:
2543:
2542:
2522:
2516:
2515:
2495:
2489:
2488:
2468:
2462:
2459:
2453:
2452:
2450:
2448:
2425:
2419:
2418:
2398:
2389:
2388:
2370:
2364:
2357:The Greek Nation
2353:
2342:
2329:
2323:
2319:
2313:
2307:
2301:
2295:
2289:
2286:
2280:
2279:
2259:
2250:
2249:
2229:
2223:
2220:
2214:
2211:
2202:
2201:
2176:
2167:
2166:
2158:
2147:
2146:
2135:
2126:
2125:
2117:
2106:
2105:
2097:
2088:
2082:
2076:
2070:
2061:
2060:
2052:
2043:
2042:
2022:
2016:
2015:
1995:
1989:
1979:
1970:
1969:
1949:
1938:
1937:
1917:
1911:
1910:
1879:
1868:
1867:
1847:
1841:
1840:
1813:
1802:
1801:
1796:. p. 1820.
1785:
1776:
1775:
1764:
1755:
1754:
1734:
1728:
1727:
1719:
1706:
1705:
1675:
1669:
1668:
1651:
1645:
1644:
1624:
1618:
1617:
1597:
1586:
1585:
1583:
1581:
1565:
1559:
1556:
1550:
1549:
1531:
1522:
1521:
1519:
1517:
1508:. Archived from
1497:
1482:
1474:
1468:
1464:
1458:
1454:
1448:
1446:
1440:
1434:
1428:
1422:
1416:
1413:
1404:
1402:
1392:
1390:
1382:
1372:
1370:
1362:
1361:
1339:
1333:
1331:
1321:
1319:
1311:
1301:
1299:
1290:
1281:
1278:
1154:Hadım Şehabeddin
1099:to complete the
1095:families across
1082:for the military
988:military leaders
813:
733:
662:
567:
561:
535:
525:
522:
511:
499:and the Turkish
490:
476:
466:
460:
454:
444:
434:
277:
275:
265:
263:
234:
227:
220:
52:Social structure
46:
37:
30:
21:
5747:
5746:
5742:
5741:
5740:
5738:
5737:
5736:
5667:
5666:
5663:
5654:
5623:
5572:Michael A. Hess
5520:
5514:
5489:
5408:
5327:Closed adoption
5270:
5239:
5193:
5184:
5154:
5149:
5116:
5080:
5052:
5019:
4920:
4909:Ottoman Turkish
4866:
4775:
4749:
4699:
4694:Modernized army
4678:Sekban-i Djedid
4614:
4551:
4506:Shaykh al-Islām
4487:
4464:
4459:
4458:
4449:
4403:
4398:
4397:
4377:
4292:Ottoman dynasty
4271:
4172:
4047:
4042:
4008:Wayback Machine
3992:
3976:
3973:
3971:Further reading
3963:
3948:
3942:
3918:
3905:
3902:
3897:
3885:
3881:
3876:
3872:
3864:
3860:
3852:
3848:
3840:
3836:
3829:
3816:
3815:
3811:
3799:
3795:
3790:
3781:
3771:
3756:
3755:
3751:
3744:
3729:
3728:
3724:
3716:
3712:
3707:
3703:
3698:
3694:
3686:Katheryn Hain,
3685:
3681:
3676:
3669:
3664:
3657:
3651:
3647:
3641:Wayback Machine
3631:
3627:
3622:
3618:
3608:
3606:
3596:
3595:
3591:
3584:
3571:
3570:
3566:
3550:
3545:
3544:
3540:
3521:
3520:
3516:
3495:
3491:
3486:
3482:
3477:
3473:
3466:
3451:
3450:
3446:
3441:
3437:
3432:
3428:
3423:
3419:
3414:
3410:
3405:
3401:
3380:
3379:
3375:
3368:
3347:
3346:
3342:
3335:
3320:
3319:
3315:
3305:
3304:
3295:
3285:
3284:
3277:
3263:
3262:
3258:
3251:
3232:
3231:
3227:
3217:
3199:
3198:
3194:
3180:
3179:
3175:
3166:
3162:
3150:
3146:
3134:
3130:
3118:
3114:
3109:
3105:
3095:
3093:
3085:
3084:
3080:
3071:
3058:
3029:
3028:
3024:
3016:
3012:
3004:
3000:
2991:
2990:
2986:
2979:
2965:
2964:
2960:
2952:
2948:
2940:
2936:
2928:
2924:
2917:
2904:
2903:
2899:
2893:
2889:
2884:
2880:
2869:
2868:
2864:
2855:
2854:
2850:
2827:10.2307/2853347
2808:
2807:
2803:
2796:
2782:
2781:
2777:
2767:
2765:
2763:
2748:
2747:
2743:
2733:
2731:
2729:
2714:
2713:
2709:
2702:
2686:
2685:
2681:
2674:
2656:
2655:
2651:
2644:
2629:
2628:
2621:
2611:
2610:
2606:
2596:
2595:
2591:
2580:
2579:
2575:
2566:
2565:
2561:
2551:
2550:
2546:
2539:
2524:
2523:
2519:
2512:
2497:
2496:
2492:
2485:
2470:
2469:
2465:
2460:
2456:
2446:
2444:
2442:
2427:
2426:
2422:
2415:
2400:
2399:
2392:
2385:
2372:
2371:
2367:
2354:
2345:
2339:Wayback Machine
2330:
2326:
2320:
2316:
2308:
2304:
2296:
2292:
2287:
2283:
2276:
2261:
2260:
2253:
2246:
2231:
2230:
2226:
2221:
2217:
2212:
2205:
2195:
2178:
2177:
2170:
2160:
2159:
2150:
2137:
2136:
2129:
2119:
2118:
2109:
2099:
2098:
2091:
2083:
2079:
2071:
2064:
2054:
2053:
2046:
2039:
2028:The Janissaries
2024:
2023:
2019:
2012:
1997:
1996:
1992:
1980:
1973:
1966:
1951:
1950:
1941:
1934:
1919:
1918:
1914:
1903:
1895:. p. 196.
1883:Duindam, Jeroen
1881:
1880:
1871:
1864:
1849:
1848:
1844:
1834:
1824:Scarecrow Press
1815:
1814:
1805:
1787:
1786:
1779:
1766:
1765:
1758:
1751:
1736:
1735:
1731:
1721:
1720:
1709:
1699:
1677:
1676:
1672:
1653:
1652:
1648:
1641:
1626:
1625:
1621:
1614:
1599:
1598:
1589:
1579:
1577:
1568:Hain, Kathryn.
1567:
1566:
1562:
1557:
1553:
1546:
1533:
1532:
1525:
1515:
1513:
1499:
1498:
1494:
1490:
1485:
1475:
1471:
1465:
1461:
1455:
1451:
1423:
1419:
1414:
1407:
1347:tribut de sânge
1340:
1336:
1291:
1284:
1279:
1275:
1271:
1234:
1222:Ottoman history
1178:
1148:. Others, like
1134:Sinan Borovinić
1130:Hadım Ali Pasha
1117:
974:Enderûn pyramid
968:
959:
957:Unifying factor
863:
835:James L. Gelvin
796:
676:Stephen Gerlach
663:
660:
657:
654:
652:
650:
648:
646:
644:
599:Stephan Gerlach
562:(nursling) and
550:
523:
488:Enderûn Mektebi
464:Kapikulu Sipahi
425:
353:Sinan Borovinić
349:Hadım Ali Pasha
258:Ottoman Turkish
238:
209:
171:
146:
81:
42:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
5745:
5743:
5735:
5734:
5729:
5724:
5719:
5714:
5709:
5704:
5699:
5694:
5689:
5684:
5679:
5669:
5668:
5660:
5659:
5656:
5655:
5653:
5652:
5647:
5642:
5637:
5631:
5629:
5625:
5624:
5622:
5621:
5616:
5613:Postremo mense
5609:
5604:
5599:
5594:
5589:
5584:
5579:
5574:
5569:
5564:
5559:
5557:Baby Scoop Era
5554:
5549:
5544:
5539:
5530:
5524:
5522:
5516:
5515:
5513:
5512:
5507:
5501:
5495:
5491:
5490:
5488:
5487:
5481:
5475:
5470:
5464:
5458:
5453:
5447:
5441:
5435:
5429:
5423:
5416:
5414:
5410:
5409:
5407:
5406:
5401:
5396:
5391:
5390:
5389:
5384:
5382:United Kingdom
5379:
5374:
5369:
5359:
5354:
5349:
5344:
5339:
5334:
5329:
5324:
5319:
5314:
5309:
5304:
5299:
5294:
5289:
5284:
5278:
5276:
5272:
5271:
5269:
5268:
5263:
5261:United Kingdom
5258:
5253:
5247:
5245:
5241:
5240:
5238:
5237:
5232:
5227:
5222:
5217:
5212:
5207:
5201:
5199:
5195:
5194:
5185:
5183:
5182:
5175:
5168:
5160:
5151:
5150:
5148:
5147:
5140:
5133:
5125:
5122:
5121:
5118:
5117:
5115:
5114:
5109:
5104:
5099:
5094:
5088:
5086:
5082:
5081:
5079:
5078:
5073:
5068:
5062:
5060:
5054:
5053:
5051:
5050:
5045:
5040:
5035:
5029:
5027:
5021:
5020:
5018:
5017:
5012:
5011:
5010:
5005:
4995:
4994:
4993:
4988:
4978:
4973:
4968:
4967:
4966:
4961:
4956:
4951:
4943:
4942:
4941:
4930:
4928:
4922:
4921:
4919:
4918:
4913:
4912:
4911:
4901:
4896:
4891:
4886:
4880:
4874:
4868:
4867:
4865:
4864:
4859:
4854:
4849:
4848:
4847:
4842:
4837:
4832:
4827:
4817:
4812:
4807:
4806:
4805:
4800:
4793:
4791:
4785:
4784:
4781:
4780:
4777:
4776:
4774:
4773:
4768:
4763:
4757:
4755:
4751:
4750:
4748:
4747:
4742:
4737:
4732:
4727:
4722:
4721:
4720:
4709:
4707:
4701:
4700:
4698:
4697:
4690:
4685:
4680:
4675:
4673:Nizam-i Djedid
4664:
4659:
4654:
4653:
4652:
4635:
4633:
4626:
4620:
4619:
4616:
4615:
4613:
4612:
4607:
4598:
4596:Mutasarrifates
4593:
4592:
4591:
4581:
4576:
4575:
4574:
4563:
4561:
4557:
4556:
4553:
4552:
4550:
4549:
4548:
4547:
4537:
4536:
4535:
4530:
4525:
4520:
4510:
4509:
4508:
4497:
4495:
4489:
4488:
4486:
4485:
4484:
4483:
4478:
4467:
4465:
4454:
4451:
4450:
4448:
4447:
4442:
4437:
4435:Reis ül-Küttab
4432:
4427:
4422:
4417:
4412:
4406:
4404:
4393:
4387:
4379:
4378:
4376:
4375:
4374:
4373:
4371:Palace Schools
4368:
4358:
4357:
4356:
4351:
4346:
4341:
4336:
4331:
4326:
4319:Imperial Harem
4316:
4315:
4314:
4309:
4304:
4299:
4288:
4286:
4285:House of Osman
4279:
4273:
4272:
4270:
4269:
4264:
4263:
4262:
4257:
4249:
4248:
4247:
4242:
4237:
4232:
4227:
4217:
4216:
4215:
4210:
4205:
4200:
4195:
4184:
4178:
4174:
4173:
4171:
4170:
4169:
4168:
4163:
4158:
4153:
4143:
4142:
4141:
4136:
4126:
4125:
4124:
4114:
4113:
4112:
4107:
4105:Decline thesis
4100:Transformation
4097:
4096:
4095:
4085:
4084:
4083:
4081:Constantinople
4078:
4073:
4063:
4057:
4055:
4049:
4048:
4045:Ottoman Empire
4043:
4041:
4040:
4033:
4026:
4018:
4012:
4011:
3998:
3991:
3990:External links
3988:
3987:
3986:
3972:
3969:
3968:
3967:
3961:
3946:
3940:
3920:Shaw, Stanford
3916:
3901:
3898:
3896:
3895:
3879:
3870:
3868:, p. 223.
3858:
3846:
3834:
3827:
3809:
3793:
3779:
3769:
3749:
3742:
3722:
3710:
3701:
3692:
3679:
3667:
3655:
3645:
3625:
3616:
3597:Kopper, Paul.
3589:
3582:
3564:
3538:
3514:
3489:
3480:
3471:
3464:
3444:
3435:
3426:
3417:
3408:
3399:
3384:, ed. (1911).
3382:Chisholm, Hugh
3373:
3366:
3340:
3333:
3313:
3293:
3286:Sami Zubaida.
3275:
3272:. p. 122.
3256:
3249:
3235:Jones, Michael
3225:
3215:
3192:
3173:
3160:
3144:
3128:
3112:
3103:
3078:
3076:
3075:
3069:
3022:
3020:, p. 121.
3010:
2998:
2984:
2977:
2958:
2946:
2944:, p. 117.
2934:
2922:
2915:
2897:
2887:
2878:
2862:
2848:
2821:(3): 433–443.
2801:
2794:
2775:
2761:
2741:
2727:
2707:
2700:
2679:
2672:
2649:
2642:
2619:
2604:
2589:
2573:
2559:
2544:
2537:
2517:
2510:
2490:
2483:
2463:
2454:
2440:
2420:
2413:
2390:
2383:
2365:
2343:
2324:
2314:
2302:
2290:
2281:
2274:
2251:
2244:
2224:
2215:
2203:
2193:
2168:
2165:. p. 353.
2148:
2127:
2107:
2089:
2077:
2075:, p. 114.
2062:
2044:
2037:
2017:
2010:
1990:
1971:
1964:
1939:
1932:
1912:
1901:
1869:
1862:
1842:
1832:
1826:. p. 67.
1803:
1777:
1771:. p. 51.
1767:David Brewer.
1756:
1749:
1729:
1707:
1697:
1691:. p. 68.
1679:Kumar, Krishan
1670:
1664:. p. 68.
1646:
1639:
1619:
1612:
1587:
1560:
1551:
1544:
1523:
1491:
1489:
1486:
1484:
1483:
1478:Crimean Tatars
1469:
1459:
1449:
1417:
1405:
1351:Serbo-Croatian
1334:
1294:Medieval Greek
1282:
1272:
1270:
1267:
1266:
1265:
1260:
1255:
1250:
1245:
1240:
1233:
1230:
1224:annals as the
1177:
1174:
1116:
1113:
1070:Constantinople
967:
964:
958:
955:
867:Eastern Europe
862:
859:
795:
792:
722:Çandarlı Halil
658:
641:
612:Janus Lascaris
610:Greek scholar
549:
546:
458:Kapıkulu Ocağı
424:
421:
240:
239:
237:
236:
229:
222:
214:
211:
210:
208:
207:
202:
197:
192:
187:
181:
178:
177:
173:
172:
170:
169:
164:
158:
155:
154:
148:
147:
145:
144:
139:
134:
129:
124:
123:
122:
117:
112:
107:
105:Greek Orthodox
97:
91:
88:
87:
83:
82:
80:
79:
74:
69:
63:
60:
59:
55:
54:
48:
47:
39:
38:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
5744:
5733:
5730:
5728:
5725:
5723:
5720:
5718:
5715:
5713:
5710:
5708:
5705:
5703:
5700:
5698:
5695:
5693:
5690:
5688:
5685:
5683:
5680:
5678:
5675:
5674:
5672:
5665:
5651:
5648:
5646:
5643:
5641:
5638:
5636:
5633:
5632:
5630:
5626:
5620:
5617:
5615:
5614:
5610:
5608:
5605:
5603:
5600:
5598:
5595:
5593:
5590:
5588:
5585:
5583:
5580:
5578:
5575:
5573:
5570:
5568:
5567:Home Children
5565:
5563:
5562:Sixties Scoop
5560:
5558:
5555:
5553:
5550:
5548:
5545:
5543:
5540:
5538:
5534:
5531:
5529:
5526:
5525:
5523:
5517:
5511:
5508:
5506:
5503:
5502:
5499:
5496:
5492:
5485:
5482:
5479:
5476:
5474:
5471:
5468:
5465:
5462:
5459:
5457:
5454:
5451:
5448:
5445:
5442:
5439:
5436:
5433:
5430:
5427:
5424:
5421:
5418:
5417:
5415:
5411:
5405:
5402:
5400:
5397:
5395:
5394:Open adoption
5392:
5388:
5387:United States
5385:
5383:
5380:
5378:
5375:
5373:
5370:
5368:
5365:
5364:
5363:
5360:
5358:
5355:
5353:
5350:
5348:
5345:
5343:
5340:
5338:
5335:
5333:
5330:
5328:
5325:
5323:
5320:
5318:
5315:
5313:
5310:
5308:
5305:
5303:
5300:
5298:
5295:
5293:
5290:
5288:
5285:
5283:
5280:
5279:
5277:
5273:
5267:
5266:United States
5264:
5262:
5259:
5257:
5254:
5252:
5249:
5248:
5246:
5242:
5236:
5233:
5231:
5230:United States
5228:
5226:
5223:
5221:
5218:
5216:
5213:
5211:
5208:
5206:
5203:
5202:
5200:
5196:
5192:
5188:
5181:
5176:
5174:
5169:
5167:
5162:
5161:
5158:
5146:
5145:
5141:
5139:
5138:
5134:
5132:
5131:
5127:
5126:
5123:
5113:
5110:
5108:
5105:
5103:
5100:
5098:
5095:
5093:
5090:
5089:
5087:
5083:
5077:
5074:
5072:
5069:
5067:
5064:
5063:
5061:
5059:
5055:
5049:
5046:
5044:
5041:
5039:
5036:
5034:
5031:
5030:
5028:
5026:
5022:
5016:
5013:
5009:
5006:
5004:
5001:
5000:
4999:
4996:
4992:
4989:
4987:
4984:
4983:
4982:
4979:
4977:
4974:
4972:
4969:
4965:
4962:
4960:
4957:
4955:
4952:
4950:
4947:
4946:
4944:
4940:
4937:
4936:
4935:
4932:
4931:
4929:
4927:
4923:
4917:
4914:
4910:
4907:
4906:
4905:
4902:
4900:
4899:Ottoman court
4897:
4895:
4892:
4890:
4887:
4885:
4882:
4881:
4878:
4875:
4873:
4869:
4863:
4860:
4858:
4855:
4853:
4850:
4846:
4843:
4841:
4838:
4836:
4833:
4831:
4828:
4826:
4823:
4822:
4821:
4818:
4816:
4813:
4811:
4808:
4804:
4801:
4798:
4797:
4795:
4794:
4792:
4790:
4786:
4772:
4769:
4767:
4764:
4762:
4759:
4758:
4756:
4752:
4746:
4743:
4741:
4740:Naval battles
4738:
4736:
4733:
4731:
4728:
4726:
4723:
4719:
4716:
4715:
4714:
4713:Kapudan Pasha
4711:
4710:
4708:
4706:
4702:
4696:
4695:
4691:
4689:
4686:
4684:
4681:
4679:
4676:
4674:
4670:
4669:
4668:Reform period
4665:
4663:
4660:
4658:
4655:
4651:
4648:
4647:
4646:
4642:
4641:
4637:
4636:
4634:
4630:
4627:
4625:
4621:
4611:
4608:
4606:
4602:
4599:
4597:
4594:
4590:
4587:
4586:
4585:
4582:
4580:
4577:
4573:
4570:
4569:
4568:
4565:
4564:
4562:
4558:
4546:
4543:
4542:
4541:
4538:
4534:
4531:
4529:
4526:
4524:
4521:
4519:
4516:
4515:
4514:
4511:
4507:
4504:
4503:
4502:
4499:
4498:
4496:
4494:
4490:
4482:
4479:
4477:
4474:
4473:
4472:
4469:
4468:
4466:
4462:
4457:
4452:
4446:
4443:
4441:
4438:
4436:
4433:
4431:
4428:
4426:
4423:
4421:
4418:
4416:
4413:
4411:
4408:
4407:
4405:
4401:
4396:
4391:
4388:
4385:
4380:
4372:
4369:
4367:
4364:
4363:
4362:
4359:
4355:
4352:
4350:
4347:
4345:
4342:
4340:
4337:
4335:
4332:
4330:
4329:Haseki sultan
4327:
4325:
4324:Valide sultan
4322:
4321:
4320:
4317:
4313:
4310:
4308:
4305:
4303:
4300:
4298:
4295:
4294:
4293:
4290:
4289:
4287:
4283:
4280:
4278:
4274:
4268:
4265:
4261:
4258:
4256:
4253:
4252:
4250:
4246:
4243:
4241:
4238:
4236:
4233:
4231:
4228:
4226:
4223:
4222:
4221:
4218:
4214:
4211:
4209:
4206:
4204:
4203:United States
4201:
4199:
4196:
4194:
4191:
4190:
4189:
4186:
4185:
4182:
4179:
4175:
4167:
4164:
4162:
4159:
4157:
4154:
4152:
4149:
4148:
4147:
4144:
4140:
4137:
4135:
4132:
4131:
4130:
4127:
4123:
4120:
4119:
4118:
4115:
4111:
4108:
4106:
4103:
4102:
4101:
4098:
4094:
4091:
4090:
4089:
4088:Classical Age
4086:
4082:
4079:
4077:
4074:
4072:
4069:
4068:
4067:
4064:
4062:
4061:Osman's Dream
4059:
4058:
4056:
4054:
4050:
4046:
4039:
4034:
4032:
4027:
4025:
4020:
4019:
4016:
4009:
4005:
4002:
3999:
3997:
3994:
3993:
3989:
3983:
3982:The Economist
3979:
3975:
3974:
3970:
3964:
3958:
3955:. Routledge.
3954:
3953:
3947:
3943:
3941:0-521-21280-4
3937:
3933:
3930:. Cambridge:
3928:
3927:
3921:
3917:
3913:
3909:
3904:
3903:
3899:
3893:
3889:
3883:
3880:
3874:
3871:
3867:
3862:
3859:
3856:, p. 46.
3855:
3850:
3847:
3843:
3838:
3835:
3830:
3828:1-86064-404-X
3824:
3820:
3813:
3810:
3807:
3803:
3797:
3794:
3788:
3786:
3784:
3780:
3776:
3772:
3770:9789545230721
3766:
3762:
3761:
3753:
3750:
3745:
3739:
3735:
3734:
3726:
3723:
3720:
3714:
3711:
3705:
3702:
3696:
3693:
3689:
3683:
3680:
3674:
3672:
3668:
3662:
3660:
3656:
3649:
3646:
3642:
3638:
3635:
3629:
3626:
3620:
3617:
3604:
3600:
3593:
3590:
3585:
3579:
3575:
3568:
3565:
3561:(3): 343–366.
3560:
3556:
3549:
3542:
3539:
3535:
3534:
3530:
3526:
3522:(in Armenian)
3518:
3515:
3511:
3510:1-4039-6422-X
3507:
3503:
3499:
3493:
3490:
3484:
3481:
3475:
3472:
3467:
3461:
3457:
3456:
3448:
3445:
3439:
3436:
3430:
3427:
3421:
3418:
3412:
3409:
3403:
3400:
3395:
3394:
3388:
3383:
3377:
3374:
3369:
3363:
3359:
3354:
3353:
3344:
3341:
3336:
3330:
3326:
3325:
3317:
3314:
3309:
3302:
3300:
3298:
3294:
3289:
3282:
3280:
3276:
3271:
3267:
3264:F .E Peters.
3260:
3257:
3252:
3246:
3242:
3241:
3236:
3229:
3226:
3222:
3218:
3212:
3208:
3207:
3202:
3196:
3193:
3189:(2): 271–278.
3188:
3184:
3177:
3174:
3170:
3164:
3161:
3157:
3153:
3148:
3145:
3141:
3137:
3132:
3129:
3125:
3121:
3116:
3113:
3107:
3104:
3092:
3088:
3082:
3079:
3072:
3070:0-231-05578-1
3066:
3062:
3057:
3056:
3053:
3049:
3045:
3041:
3037:
3033:
3026:
3023:
3019:
3014:
3011:
3007:
3002:
2999:
2994:
2988:
2985:
2980:
2978:9781442606234
2974:
2970:
2969:
2962:
2959:
2955:
2950:
2947:
2943:
2938:
2935:
2931:
2926:
2923:
2918:
2916:1-86064-404-X
2912:
2908:
2901:
2898:
2891:
2888:
2882:
2879:
2874:
2873:
2866:
2863:
2858:
2852:
2849:
2844:
2840:
2836:
2832:
2828:
2824:
2820:
2816:
2812:
2805:
2802:
2797:
2795:9781615920174
2791:
2787:
2786:
2779:
2776:
2764:
2758:
2754:
2753:
2745:
2742:
2730:
2724:
2720:
2719:
2711:
2708:
2703:
2701:0-333-66215-6
2697:
2693:
2689:
2688:Malcolm, Noel
2683:
2680:
2675:
2669:
2665:
2664:
2659:
2653:
2650:
2645:
2639:
2635:
2634:
2626:
2624:
2620:
2615:
2608:
2605:
2600:
2593:
2590:
2585:
2584:
2577:
2574:
2569:
2563:
2560:
2555:
2548:
2545:
2540:
2534:
2530:
2529:
2521:
2518:
2513:
2507:
2503:
2502:
2494:
2491:
2486:
2480:
2476:
2475:
2467:
2464:
2458:
2455:
2443:
2437:
2433:
2432:
2424:
2421:
2416:
2410:
2406:
2405:
2397:
2395:
2391:
2386:
2380:
2376:
2369:
2366:
2362:
2358:
2352:
2350:
2348:
2344:
2340:
2336:
2333:
2328:
2325:
2318:
2315:
2311:
2306:
2303:
2300:, p. 27.
2299:
2294:
2291:
2285:
2282:
2277:
2271:
2267:
2266:
2258:
2256:
2252:
2247:
2241:
2237:
2236:
2228:
2225:
2219:
2216:
2210:
2208:
2204:
2200:
2196:
2190:
2186:
2182:
2175:
2173:
2169:
2164:
2157:
2155:
2153:
2149:
2145:
2141:
2134:
2132:
2128:
2123:
2116:
2114:
2112:
2108:
2103:
2096:
2094:
2090:
2086:
2081:
2078:
2074:
2069:
2067:
2063:
2059:. p. 83.
2058:
2051:
2049:
2045:
2040:
2034:
2030:
2029:
2021:
2018:
2013:
2007:
2003:
2002:
1994:
1991:
1987:
1983:
1978:
1976:
1972:
1967:
1961:
1957:
1956:
1948:
1946:
1944:
1940:
1935:
1929:
1925:
1924:
1916:
1913:
1909:
1904:
1898:
1894:
1890:
1889:
1884:
1878:
1876:
1874:
1870:
1865:
1859:
1855:
1854:
1846:
1843:
1839:
1835:
1829:
1825:
1821:
1820:
1812:
1810:
1808:
1804:
1800:
1795:
1791:
1788:Ahmad Feroz.
1784:
1782:
1778:
1774:
1770:
1763:
1761:
1757:
1752:
1746:
1743:. Routledge.
1742:
1741:
1733:
1730:
1725:
1718:
1716:
1714:
1712:
1708:
1704:
1700:
1694:
1690:
1686:
1685:
1680:
1674:
1671:
1667:
1663:
1659:
1658:
1650:
1647:
1642:
1636:
1632:
1631:
1623:
1620:
1615:
1609:
1605:
1604:
1596:
1594:
1592:
1588:
1575:
1571:
1564:
1561:
1555:
1552:
1547:
1541:
1537:
1530:
1528:
1524:
1511:
1507:
1503:
1496:
1493:
1487:
1479:
1473:
1470:
1463:
1460:
1453:
1450:
1445:
1439:
1433:
1427:
1421:
1418:
1412:
1410:
1406:
1401:
1395:
1386:
1381:
1375:
1366:
1356:
1352:
1348:
1344:
1338:
1335:
1330:
1324:
1315:
1310:
1304:
1295:
1289:
1287:
1283:
1277:
1274:
1268:
1264:
1261:
1259:
1256:
1254:
1251:
1249:
1246:
1244:
1241:
1239:
1236:
1235:
1231:
1229:
1227:
1223:
1219:
1215:
1211:
1206:
1204:
1200:
1196:
1192:
1187:
1184:
1175:
1173:
1171:
1167:
1163:
1159:
1155:
1151:
1147:
1143:
1139:
1135:
1131:
1127:
1122:
1114:
1112:
1110:
1106:
1102:
1101:enculturation
1098:
1094:
1090:
1085:
1083:
1079:
1075:
1071:
1066:
1064:
1060:
1056:
1052:
1048:
1044:
1039:
1037:
1033:
1029:
1025:
1021:
1017:
1013:
1009:
1005:
1001:
997:
994:to serve the
993:
989:
985:
981:
980:Palace School
972:
965:
963:
956:
954:
952:
948:
944:
939:
937:
933:
929:
925:
923:
919:
915:
911:
907:
903:
899:
895:
891:
887:
883:
882:Bernard Lewis
880:According to
878:
876:
872:
868:
860:
858:
856:
851:
849:
845:
840:
836:
832:
828:
823:
821:
820:Halil İnalcık
817:
812:
811:
805:
804:David Nicolle
801:
793:
791:
789:
784:
780:
776:
770:
767:
762:
760:
755:
751:
747:
745:
739:
737:
732:
727:
723:
719:
715:
710:
704:
699:
696:
693:
689:
684:
681:
677:
672:
667:
656:
639:
637:
632:
628:
625:
620:
616:
613:
607:
602:
600:
594:
589:
585:
583:
579:
575:
569:
566:
560:
555:
547:
545:
541:
539:
534:
529:
517:
515:
510:
504:
502:
498:
494:
489:
484:
478:
475:
470:
465:
459:
453:
448:
443:
438:
433:
432:
422:
420:
418:
413:
407:
405:
401:
397:
392:
391:Halil İnalcık
388:
384:
383:David Nicolle
380:
375:
373:
369:
365:
360:
358:
354:
350:
346:
342:
338:
334:
330:
326:
322:
317:
316:grand viziers
312:
310:
306:
302:
298:
294:
290:
286:
280:
274:
268:
259:
255:
246:
235:
230:
228:
223:
221:
216:
215:
213:
212:
206:
203:
201:
198:
196:
193:
191:
188:
186:
183:
182:
180:
179:
174:
168:
165:
163:
160:
159:
157:
156:
153:
149:
143:
140:
138:
135:
133:
130:
128:
125:
121:
118:
116:
113:
111:
108:
106:
103:
102:
101:
98:
96:
93:
92:
90:
89:
84:
78:
75:
73:
70:
68:
67:Ottoman court
65:
64:
62:
61:
56:
53:
49:
45:
41:
40:
36:
32:
31:
19:
5664:
5611:
5602:Mortara case
5586:
5142:
5137:Bibliography
5135:
5128:
5097:Coat of arms
5071:Christianity
5025:Demographics
5008:of Armenians
4949:Illumination
4934:Architecture
4888:
4815:Central bank
4766:Conscription
4692:
4683:Mansure Army
4666:
4638:
4545:Hakham Bashi
4513:Christianity
4460:
4410:Grand Vizier
4399:
4251:Civil codes
4225:Constitution
4071:Ghaza thesis
3981:
3951:
3925:
3911:
3882:
3873:
3866:Murphey 2006
3861:
3854:Murphey 2006
3849:
3842:Murphey 2006
3837:
3818:
3812:
3796:
3774:
3759:
3752:
3732:
3725:
3713:
3704:
3695:
3682:
3648:
3628:
3619:
3607:. Retrieved
3603:Academia.edu
3602:
3592:
3573:
3567:
3558:
3554:
3541:
3531:
3517:
3497:
3492:
3483:
3474:
3454:
3447:
3438:
3429:
3420:
3411:
3402:
3391:
3376:
3351:
3343:
3323:
3316:
3307:
3287:
3265:
3259:
3239:
3228:
3220:
3205:
3195:
3186:
3182:
3176:
3168:
3163:
3155:
3151:
3147:
3139:
3135:
3131:
3123:
3119:
3115:
3106:
3094:. Retrieved
3090:
3081:
3060:
3035:
3031:
3025:
3013:
3001:
2987:
2967:
2961:
2949:
2937:
2925:
2906:
2900:
2890:
2881:
2871:
2865:
2851:
2818:
2814:
2804:
2784:
2778:
2766:. Retrieved
2751:
2744:
2732:. Retrieved
2717:
2710:
2691:
2682:
2662:
2660:(May 2015).
2652:
2632:
2607:
2592:
2582:
2576:
2562:
2547:
2527:
2520:
2500:
2493:
2473:
2466:
2457:
2445:. Retrieved
2430:
2423:
2403:
2374:
2368:
2360:
2356:
2327:
2317:
2305:
2293:
2284:
2264:
2234:
2227:
2218:
2198:
2184:
2162:
2143:
2139:
2101:
2084:
2080:
2056:
2027:
2020:
2000:
1993:
1985:
1954:
1922:
1915:
1906:
1887:
1852:
1845:
1837:
1818:
1797:
1789:
1772:
1768:
1739:
1732:
1723:
1702:
1683:
1673:
1665:
1656:
1649:
1629:
1622:
1602:
1578:. Retrieved
1573:
1563:
1554:
1535:
1514:. Retrieved
1510:the original
1505:
1495:
1472:
1462:
1452:
1420:
1400:Kraven Danak
1389:Кръвен данък
1380:Danok vo krv
1369:Данок во крв
1360:Данак у крви
1355:Danak u krvi
1337:
1276:
1207:
1188:
1179:
1126:grand vizier
1118:
1086:
1067:
1040:
1016:meritocratic
977:
960:
940:
926:
879:
864:
852:
824:
797:
778:
771:
763:
748:
740:
706:
701:
697:
685:
674:
669:
665:
642:
633:
629:
621:
617:
609:
604:
596:
591:
586:
574:Paolo Giovio
570:
551:
542:
518:
505:
493:Grand Vizier
479:
426:
411:
408:
399:
395:
376:
361:
328:
313:
287:practice of
253:
252:
76:
5645:Mary Norris
5312:Child abuse
5235:South Korea
5225:Philippines
5191:foster care
4964:Shadow play
4810:Agriculture
4803:Reformation
4799:Enlargement
4645:Janissaries
4354:Kizlar Agha
4339:Hanımefendi
4334:Kadınefendi
4146:Dissolution
4076:Interregnum
1516:20 November
1329:Mankahavak′
1309:Paedomazoma
1298:παιδομάζωμα
1269:Annotations
1258:Black Guard
1199:Suleiman II
1074:circumcised
947:Sinan Pasha
922:South Slavs
855:Mustafa Âlî
754:janissaries
572:(including
524: 1550
509:paidomazoma
404:janissaries
379:Islamic law
5671:Categories
5337:Disruption
4981:Literature
4894:Ottomanism
4589:Sanjakbeys
4572:Beylerbeys
4560:Provincial
4277:Government
4240:Family law
3900:References
1481:teachings.
1365:Macedonian
1318:Մանկահավաք
984:leadership
943:Skanderbeg
396:ichoghlani
167:Ottomanism
18:Devshirmeh
5677:Devshirme
5587:Devshirme
5510:Fosterage
5428:(Ontario)
5422:(Ontario)
5367:Australia
5307:Aging out
5251:Australia
5215:Guatemala
5205:Australia
5033:Armenians
4998:Education
4954:Miniature
4904:Languages
4889:Devshirme
4862:Transport
4662:Timariots
4528:Bulgarian
4420:Kazaskers
4382:Central (
4366:Kapi Agha
4235:Electoral
4161:Abolition
4156:Partition
3091:bbc.co.uk
3052:143042353
3018:Shaw 1976
3006:Tavernier
2954:Shaw 1976
2942:Shaw 1976
2930:Shaw 1976
2843:164148319
2310:Shaw 1976
2298:Shaw 1976
2073:Shaw 1976
1794:Routledge
1457:elements.
1394:romanized
1385:Bulgarian
1374:romanized
1323:romanized
1303:romanized
1243:Janissary
1214:Mahmud II
1210:Selim III
1203:Ahmet III
936:colophons
932:Armenians
918:Albanians
906:Albanians
750:Tavernier
718:Mehmet II
688:Albanians
593:unworthy.
497:Mehmed II
483:Janissary
474:Yeni Çeri
437:Bayazit I
417:Ahmet III
412:devshirme
400:iç oğlanı
398:(Turkish
329:devshirme
321:Mehmed II
267:romanized
254:Devshirme
127:Armenians
120:Bulgarian
115:Aromanian
77:Devshirme
5446:(Russia)
5187:Adoption
5144:Category
5058:Religion
4971:Clothing
4857:Taxation
4820:Currency
4761:Aviation
4735:Admirals
4688:Hamidieh
4624:Military
4605:Kadiluks
4579:Vilayets
4533:Armenian
4471:Assembly
4208:Treaties
4177:Politics
4134:Tanzimat
4004:Archived
3922:(1976).
3653:343–366.
3637:Archived
3203:(2011).
2815:Speculum
2690:(1996).
2335:Archived
1885:(2016).
1681:(2019).
1574:utah.edu
1426:Kapıkulu
1343:Romanian
1314:Armenian
1263:Kapıkulu
1232:See also
1191:Murad IV
1097:Anatolia
1078:Anatolia
1004:Abbasids
902:Bulgaria
888:and the
875:Anatolia
731:kalemiye
680:Panormus
659:—
624:Murad II
601:writes:
452:kapıkulu
368:Southern
273:devşirme
162:Tanzimat
110:Armenian
5494:History
5463:(India)
5440:(India)
5130:Outline
5085:Symbols
5076:Judaism
5003:Schools
4976:Cuisine
4939:Mosques
4926:Culture
4916:Slavery
4872:Society
4835:Sultani
4796:By era
4789:Economy
4771:Weapons
4584:Sanjaks
4567:Eyalets
4540:Judaism
4493:Millets
4430:Nişancı
4415:Viziers
4260:Halakha
4255:Mecelle
4198:Safavid
4110:Köprülü
4053:History
3609:8 April
3237:(ed.).
3096:9 April
3038:: 118.
2875:. 1872.
2835:2853347
2768:24 June
2734:24 June
2447:24 June
1580:13 June
1467:anyway.
1441:, with
1396::
1376::
1325::
1305::
1253:Ghilman
1195:Balkans
1176:Decline
1128:, like
1121:eunuchs
1115:Eunuchs
1051:Turkish
1047:orphans
1043:Balkans
1036:Muslims
1032:Gypsies
1010:or the
1008:Seljuks
1000:Enderûn
894:Albania
839:jurists
726:Enderûn
447:Murad I
423:History
364:Eastern
341:eunuchs
285:Ottoman
281:
269::
262:دوشیرمه
176:Classes
100:Millets
95:Muslims
72:Slavery
5377:Europe
5372:Brazil
5275:Issues
5256:Canada
5210:France
5107:Tughra
5092:Anthem
5038:Greeks
4991:Poetry
4476:Senate
4245:Düstur
3959:
3938:
3890:
3825:
3804:
3767:
3740:
3580:
3508:
3462:
3364:
3331:
3247:
3213:
3067:
3050:
2975:
2913:
2841:
2833:
2792:
2759:
2725:
2698:
2670:
2640:
2535:
2508:
2481:
2438:
2411:
2381:
2272:
2242:
2191:
2035:
2008:
1962:
1930:
1899:
1860:
1830:
1747:
1695:
1637:
1610:
1542:
1248:Mamluk
1183:sipahi
1119:White
1093:Muslim
1006:, the
996:Devlet
990:or as
920:, and
914:Greeks
910:Greeks
898:Bosnia
848:Hanafi
810:dhimmi
800:sharia
736:İlmiye
692:Himarë
636:Epirus
582:Naousa
559:şirhor
439:. The
387:dhimmi
355:, and
337:divans
309:Sultan
293:Balkan
205:Vlachs
195:Giaour
185:Askeri
137:Greeks
5220:Italy
5066:Islam
5048:Women
5015:Media
4986:Prose
4959:Music
4840:Kuruş
4754:Other
4745:Ships
4601:Kazas
4523:Ullah
4501:Islam
4384:Porte
4122:Tulip
3551:(PDF)
3048:S2CID
2839:S2CID
2831:JSTOR
1488:Notes
1432:'kul'
1063:Turks
1055:craft
1053:or a
1024:Islam
827:Qanun
720:(see
565:beççe
469:Porte
345:harem
305:rayah
301:noble
297:Islam
200:Rayah
5486:(US)
5480:(US)
5469:(US)
5452:(US)
5434:(US)
5413:Laws
5189:and
5102:Flag
5043:Jews
4945:Art
4845:Lira
4830:Para
4825:Akçe
4718:List
4705:Navy
4632:Army
4213:Wars
4066:Rise
3957:ISBN
3936:ISBN
3888:ISBN
3823:ISBN
3802:ISBN
3765:ISBN
3738:ISBN
3611:2020
3578:ISBN
3506:ISBN
3460:ISBN
3362:ISBN
3329:ISBN
3245:ISBN
3211:ISBN
3098:2018
3065:ISBN
2973:ISBN
2911:ISBN
2790:ISBN
2770:2020
2757:ISBN
2736:2020
2723:ISBN
2696:ISBN
2668:ISBN
2638:ISBN
2533:ISBN
2506:ISBN
2479:ISBN
2449:2020
2436:ISBN
2409:ISBN
2379:ISBN
2270:ISBN
2240:ISBN
2189:ISBN
2033:ISBN
2006:ISBN
1960:ISBN
1928:ISBN
1897:ISBN
1858:ISBN
1828:ISBN
1745:ISBN
1693:ISBN
1635:ISBN
1608:ISBN
1582:2020
1540:ISBN
1518:2016
1444:köle
1144:and
1030:and
1028:Jews
949:and
928:Jews
908:and
900:and
873:and
764:The
370:and
333:free
279:lit.
190:Ayan
132:Jews
4518:Rūm
4220:Law
3040:doi
2823:doi
1984:; "
1438:kul
1059:Beg
833:).
766:BBC
690:of
634:In
442:kul
431:kul
5673::
4671::
4643::
3980:.
3934:.
3910:.
3782:^
3773:.
3670:^
3658:^
3601:.
3557:.
3553:.
3527:.
3500:.
3390:.
3360:.
3358:65
3296:^
3278:^
3268:.
3219:.
3187:17
3185:.
3154:,
3138:,
3122:,
3089:.
3046:.
3036:25
3034:.
2837:.
2829:.
2819:31
2817:.
2813:.
2622:^
2393:^
2346:^
2254:^
2206:^
2197:.
2171:^
2151:^
2130:^
2110:^
2092:^
2065:^
2047:^
1988:".
1974:^
1942:^
1905:.
1891:.
1872:^
1836:.
1822:.
1806:^
1792:.
1780:^
1759:^
1710:^
1701:.
1687:.
1660:.
1590:^
1572:.
1526:^
1504:.
1408:^
1391:,
1387::
1383:,
1371:,
1367::
1363:,
1357:,
1353::
1349:;
1345::
1320:,
1316::
1312:;
1300:,
1296::
1285:^
1228:.
1164:,
1160:,
1156:,
1152:,
1140:,
1136:,
1132:,
1084:.
1038:.
1026:.
953:.
945:,
916:,
896:,
869:,
521:c.
406:.
381:.
366:,
359:.
351:,
276:,
264:,
260::
5535:/
5179:e
5172:t
5165:v
4603:/
4386:)
4037:e
4030:t
4023:v
3965:.
3944:.
3914:.
3831:.
3746:.
3613:.
3586:.
3559:1
3512:.
3468:.
3370:.
3337:.
3253:.
3100:.
3073:.
3054:.
3042::
2995:.
2981:.
2919:.
2859:.
2845:.
2825::
2798:.
2772:.
2738:.
2704:.
2676:.
2646:.
2616:.
2601:.
2570:.
2556:.
2541:.
2514:.
2487:.
2451:.
2417:.
2387:.
2278:.
2248:.
2124:.
2041:.
2014:.
1968:.
1936:.
1866:.
1753:.
1643:.
1616:.
1584:.
1548:.
1520:.
1403:.
1332:.
256:(
233:e
226:t
219:v
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.