EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Ottoman Miniature, Devşirme, Janissaries
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A highly centralized government centered in istanbul. Another way that the ottomans were able to continue their rule for so long was through a practice of fratricide. All the brothers except the one who took over the father"s rule would be killed. After 1595 they were merely imprisoned in the harem of the palace. The ottoman military was formed by the janissaries . These were elite units who were highly loyal to the sultan. Recruited largely from christian children in the balkans who were converted, raised, trained and educated by the state. This system (devsirme) was abolished in 1638. Many of them came to have esteemed positions in society. Ottoman miniature painting from the suleymanname, 1558. Now it necessary for all princes, except the ottoman sultan and the sultan of. Egypt, to favor the people above the army, because it is the people who carry more weight. But i make an exception of the ottoman sultan.
