Devshirme (Ottoman Turkish: دوشیرمه, romanized: devşirme, lit. 'collecting', usually translated as "child levy" or "blood tax") was the Ottoman practice...
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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...
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people, and as such they were subjected to heavy taxes among others by the Devshirme system that allowed the Sultan to collect a requisite percentage of Christian...
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kapıkulu were professional, standing troops, mostly drawn through the devshirme system. They formed the backbone of the military of the Ottoman Empire...
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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...
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population experienced Islamization. Many Serbs were recruited during the devshirme system, a form of slavery, in which boys from Balkan Christian families...
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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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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...
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Social structure Devshirme Ottomanism Ottoman court Languages Ottoman Turkish Slavery Culture Architecture Mosques Art Illumination Miniature Music Shadow...
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the communities settled in Rumelia or the Balkans, a process known as Devshirme (Devşirme). Though the sultan was the supreme monarch, the sultan's political...
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were usually pages who had been recruited, like the Janissaries, via the devshirme system, but then had been educated in the palace school, then proven their...
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with especially Albanians and Serbs) into Ottoman service through the devshirme. Many Ottomans of Greek (or Albanian or Serb) origin were therefore to...
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documents. The island was also a place of refuge for the runaways of the Devshirme System. For example in 1567, a group of runaways was protected and hidden...
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gangs. Akindjis were gathered from mostly the Muslim population just as Devshirme was from the Christian population. However, there were exemptions for...
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massively joined the Austrian side. Many Serbs were recruited during the devshirme system, a form of slavery in the Ottoman Empire, in which boys from Balkan...
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and curricula, in contrast with the Enderun palace schools attended by Devshirme pupils. The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root...
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Orthodox Christians. The island was a refuge for the runaways of the Devshirme System. For example in 1567, a group of runaways was protected and hidden...
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and other silk products for the Ottoman palaces until the 17th century. Devshirme system was also implemented in Bursa and its surroundings where it was...
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