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		Next the devshirmeh was extended to also include Bosnians, Serbs, Croats and other Balkan countries, later especially Ukraine and southern Russia.
		The Janissaries started accepting enrollment from outside the devshirmeh system first during the reign of Sultan Murad III (1546-1595) and completely stopped enrolling devshirmeh in 17th century.
		Janissaries’ reputation increased to the point that by 1683, Sultan Mehmet IV abolished the devshirmeh as increasing numbers of originally Muslim Turkish families had already enrolled their own sons into the force hoping for a lucrative career.
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	Devshirmeh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Devshirmeh (Turkish devşirme) refers to the system used by the Ottoman sultans to tax newly conquered states, and build a loyal slave army and class of administrators: the Janissaries.
		The devshirmeh system was similar to a system used by earlier Islamic dynasties, such as the Abbasids who used slaves to build armies that were thought to be loyal to the ruler and thus provide a steady pool of manpower that was outside of local politics.
		The devshirmeh began to decline in the 17th century.
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	Devshirmeh -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Devshirmeh ((A Turkic language spoken by the Turks) Turkish devşirme) refers to the system used by the (Thick cushion used as a seat) Ottoman sultans to tax newly conquered states, and build a loyal slave army and class of administrators: the (Click link for more info and facts about Janissaries) Janissaries.
		The devshirmeh system was similar to a system used by earlier Islamic dynasties, such as the (Click link for more info and facts about Abbasids) Abbasids who used slaves to build armies that were thought to be loyal to the ruler and thus provide a steady pool of manpower that was outside of local politics.
		Despite the intentions of the Abbasid rulers, the Mameluks would eventually grow in power, reducing the (The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth) caliph to a virtual puppet.
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		Devshirmeh (Turkish devşirme)refers to the system used by the Ottoman sultans to tax newly conquered states, andbuild a loyal slave army and class of administrators: the Janissaries.
		The devshirmeh system was similar to a system used by earlier Islamic dynasties, such as the Abbasids who used slaves to build armies that were thought to be loyal to the ruler and thus provide a steady poolof manpower that was outside of local politics.
		The devshirmeh was an outgrowth of this system, but it also proved to be more efficient and effective at achieving its goals.Under the Ottomans, the system was first instituted by Murad II who needed a largepool of manpower from which he could build armies to fight in seemingly never-ending wars.
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		The sultan’s men would conscript a number of non-Muslim, usually Christian, boys – at first at random, later by strict selection – and take them to be trained.
		Janissary troops were always led to the battle by the sultan himself, and always had a share of the booty.
		Janissaries’; reputation increased to the point that by 1683 the sultan Mehmed IV could abolish the devshirmeh.
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		Murad had reinstituted a draft (devshirmeh) proce- dure for the janissary...
		military might by developing the devshirmeh - a method of recruitment...
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		Usually they would select about one in five boys of ages seven to fourteen but the numbers could be changed to correspond with the need for soldiers.
		Later they would extend the devshirmeh to Hungary.
		Local residents could hardly be expected to appreciate the custom.
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	Janissary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The sultan ’s men would conscript a number of non-Muslim, usually Christian, boys – at first at random, laterby strict selection – and take them to be trained.
		Usually they would select about 1 in 40 boys of ages 7-14 but the numbers could be changed tocorrespond with the need for soldiers.
		Janissaries trained under strict discipline with hard labour and in practically monastic conditions in acemi oglan schools, where they were expected to remain celibate and were at least encouraged to convert to Islam.
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	Sipahi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A timar Sipahi was obliged to provide the army with up to five soldiers, a ziamet with up to twenty, and a hass with far more than twenty.
		Many of the Sipahis were actual slaves under the sultan, as collected through the devshirmeh system.
		By this relationship, the sultan could hope for loyalty and cooperation.
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	de Janitscharen The Janissaries or janizaries in Turkish Turkish...
		After the 1380s Sultan Sultan Selim I Selim I filled their ranks with the results of taxation in human form called "devshirmeh devshirmeh".
		The sultan sultan’s men would conscript a number of non-Muslim, usually Christian, boys – at first at random, later by strict selection – and take them to be trained.
		Janissaries’; reputation increased to the point that by 1683 1683 the sultan Mehmed IV Mehmed IV could abolish the "devshirmeh".
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		He was born in Rojnik, near Berat in Albania.
		He was recruited as a part of the devshirmeh system and was trained in the palace school.
		He eventually rose to the rank of governor (beylerbey) of the Province of Trebizond in 1644.
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	The Twin Myths of Eurabia \| The Brussels Journal
		According to the Muslim chronicler Hoca Sa’deddin, “churches which were within the city were emptied of their vile idols and cleansed from the filthy and idolatrous impurities and by the defacement of their images and the erection of Islamic prayer niches and pulpits many monasteries and chapels became the envy of the gardens of Paradise.”
		One of the worst burdens on the dhimmi population in the Ottoman Empire was devshirmeh, the forced collection of young boys from Christian Greeks, Croats, Bulgarians, Serbs and Albanians to build a slave army of Janissaries.
		Vasiliki Papoulia highlights the continuous desperate, often violent struggle of the Christian populations against this brutally imposed Ottoman levy:
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