A soldier of the Turkish foot guards. The Janizaries were a body of infantry, and reputed the grand Seignor's guards. They became turbulent, and rising in arms against the Sultan, were attacked, defeated and destroyed in Constantinople, in June 1826.
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A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826.
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