Janissaries

From: Arnold Andersson <arnold_at_otto.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de>
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 14:22:54 +0200 (MET DST)

Stephen Martin asks about Janissaries

>Pardon my RW ignorance, but what is/are the Jannisaries? I ask only
>because, if they are related in any way to trade, it may be the source
>of the name Issaries.

They were soldiers of an elite corps of Turkish troops organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826.

CU
/Arnold

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