Janissary

Military of the Ottoman Empire

Armed forces
Sipahi Akıncı Timariot Janissary Nizam-ı Cedid Mansure Army Navy Military aviation
Conflicts
European Near East Bulgarian Byzantine Croatian Habsburg Persian Polish Russian Serbian Venetian Portuguese Sieges and landings Wars Battles Cities conquered
See also
Conscription Reform Naval treaties Weapons Kapudan Pashas Tersâne-i Âmire

The Janissaries (from Ottoman Turkish يڭيچرى yeniçeri meaning "new soldier", Greek: Γενίτσαροι, Albanian: Jeniçer, Bosnian: Janičari, Hungarian: Janicsár, Croatian: Janjičari, Slovene: Janičarji, Romanian: Ieniceri, Serbian: Јањичари, Bulgarian: Еничари) were infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops and bodyguards. The force was created by the Sultan Murad I and was abolished by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826 in the Auspicious Incident.