Cyclopædia
Assuming janissary is required, the following 2 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