Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p For the Janissaries series of novels by Jerry Pournelle, see Janissaries series.The Janissaries (from Ottoman Turkish يڭيچرى yeniçeri meaning "new soldier", Greek: Γενίτσαροι, Italian: Giannizzeri, Albanian: Jeniçer, Hungarian: Janicsár, Bosnian: Janjičari, Croatian: Janjičari, Slovene: Janičarji, Romanian: Ieniceri, Russian: Янычары, Serbian: Јањичари, Janjičari, Macedonian: Јаничари, Ukrainian: Яничари, Bulgarian: Еничари, Polish: Janczarzy) were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards. Sultan Murad I created the force in 1383. It was abolished by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826 in the Auspicious Incident. They were an elite corps whose internal cohesion was cemented by strict discipline and prevalent order.. }
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- Janissary abstract "For the Janissaries series of novels by Jerry Pournelle, see Janissaries series.The Janissaries (from Ottoman Turkish يڭيچرى yeniçeri meaning "new soldier", Greek: Γενίτσαροι, Italian: Giannizzeri, Albanian: Jeniçer, Hungarian: Janicsár, Bosnian: Janjičari, Croatian: Janjičari, Slovene: Janičarji, Romanian: Ieniceri, Russian: Янычары, Serbian: Јањичари, Janjičari, Macedonian: Јаничари, Ukrainian: Яничари, Bulgarian: Еничари, Polish: Janczarzy) were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards. Sultan Murad I created the force in 1383. It was abolished by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826 in the Auspicious Incident. They were an elite corps whose internal cohesion was cemented by strict discipline and prevalent order.".