Cyclopædia
Assuming janissary is required, the following 3 results were found.
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ARMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/military-art/ARMY
le Gendre, are chiefly cavalry. The armies of the Grand Signor consist mostly of Janissaries, Spahis, and Timariots. See JANISSARY, SPAHI, and TIMARIOT. Arnodi, in antiquity, the same with Rhapsodi. See RHAPSODY. The word is compounded of the Greek...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Military art
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AFFIRMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AFFIRMATION
Turks:Thus, the Aga of the Janissaries, is their colonel; and the Kapi Aga, the captain of the gate of the Seraglio. See JANISSARY, KAPI AGA, etc. The title Aga is also given by way of courtesy, to several persons of distinction; though not in any...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ASSAPEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSAPES
ASSAPES, Asappi, an Order of Soldiers in the Turkish Army, whom they expose to the first Shock of their Enemies, to the end that being thus fatigued, and their Swords blunted, the Spahis and Janissaries may fall on and find an easy Conquest. The Asappes...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified