- The "
Odjak of Algiers" (also
spelled Ujaq) was a unit of the
Algerian army. It was a
highly autonomous part of the
Janissary Corps,
acting completely...
- The
Revolution of the
Odjak, also
known as the
Aghas Revolution or the
Revolution of 1659 was an
important military revolution that
changed the essential...
- 1659, the
Janissaries stationed in Algiers, also
known commonly as the
Odjak of Algiers; and the Reis or the
company of
corsair captains rebelled, they...
- The Orta is the main
military division of the
janissary odjak,
which initially under the
reign of
Sultan Murad I
numbered 1,000 new
soldiers divided into...
-
Turkish historian Yılmaz Öztuna, the
janissary corps in Algiers,
known as the
Odjak, was
distinct from the
janissary garrison in Constantinople. Its members...
- Ocak or
Odjak (Turkish: Ocak, Kurdish: Ocax, Azerbaijani: Ocaq, lit. 'hearth') is the
particular religious community which adherents of
Alevism belong...
-
Beylerbeyi event (1589) Haile-i Osmaniye [tr] (1621–1622) Çınar
incident (1656)
Odjak of
Algiers Revolution (1659)
Revolutions of
Tunis (1675-1705)
Edirne Incident...
- help of the
janissaries of the
Odjak of Algiers. The fall of Mustapha, and Ahmed's
coming to
power resulted in the
Odjak's influence severely overinflating...
-
strong enough earned the rank of true
Janissary at the age of 24 or 25. The
Odjak inherited the
property of dead Janissaries, thus
acquiring wealth. Janissaries...
- fit. In practice, the rais and the
Odjak acted autonomously and the
pasha gradually lost his power.
After the
Odjak revolution in 1659, the
ruler was elected...
