The Janissaries of Damascus in the sixteenth century, or, How conquering a province changed the Ottoman Empire / Linda T. Darling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darling, Linda T., 1945-

Series:

Otto Spies memorial lecture ; volume 6.

Otto Spies memorial lecture ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Janizaries.

Syria--History--1516-1918.

Syria.

History.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

69 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : EBVerlag, [2019]

Summary:

After the Ottoman conquest of Syria in 1516, the Janissaries of Damascus were employed to meet the manpower needs of further campaigns in Iran, Cyprus, and particularly Yemen. The recruitment of the necessary troops beyond the devirme dramatically changed the character of the Janissary corps and eventually the empire as a whole. It transformed the Janissaries from an elite military unit of slave soldiers into an assemblage of men from diverse origins, slave and free, who performed a variety of functions for the empire in addition to waging war. This transformation affected the role of the Janissaries in Ottoman politics as well as their own concept of themselves and their role, generating shifts among social groups and changes in the way Ottomans regarded their empire. This study examines the change in military recruitment in Syria through the documents of the Ottoman government, showing how the actual beginning of this transformation differed from its description by contemporary writers of nasihatnameler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-68).

ISBN:

9783868933086

3868933085

OCLC:

1204200155

Publisher Number:

9783868933086