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Devshirme (Ottoman Turkish: دوشیرمه, romanized: devşirme, lit. 'collecting',
usually translated as "child levy" or "blood tax") was the
Ottoman practice...
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draft carried out annually. The
devshirme system became obsolete in the 17th century. Wittek, Paul (1955). "
Devs̱ẖirme and s̱ẖarī'a".
Bulletin of the School...
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corps dates to the
early days of the
Ottoman Empire:
recruited from the
devshirme, they
served as
sappers and
pioneers of the
Ottoman army.
Already in the...
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communities settled in
Rumelia or the Balkans, a
process known as
Devshirme (Devşirme). The
Devshirme falls within modern definitions of genocide.
Though the sultan...
- II (who had him executed),
there was a rise of
slave administrators (
devshirme).
These were much
easier for the
sultans to control, as
compared to the...
- Badheri) was an
Ottoman military officer from Albania. A
conscript of the
Devshirme child soldier system, he
became a Pasha.
Ballaban Badera was said to be...
- children" (devshirmeh) was that of the boys, an
enslavement known as
Devshirme, by
which non-Muslim boys
where enslaved as children,
forcibly converted...
- kapıkulu were professional,
standing troops,
mostly drawn through the
devshirme system. They
formed the
backbone of the
military of the
Ottoman Empire...
- the
Ottoman Sultan's
household troops,
recruited through the
process of
devshirme. For all
practical purposes,
Janissaries belonged to the Sultan, carrying...
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other countries.
Bulgarians were
subjected to
heavy taxes (including
Devshirme, or
blood tax),
their culture was suppressed, and they
experienced partial...
