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The janissary revolts were a series of revolts by slave soldiers known as janissaries in the Ottoman Empire.
Revolts
- Buçuktepe rebellion (1446)
- Janissary revolt (1525)
- Beylerbeyi event (1589)
- Haile-i Osmaniye (1621–1622)
- Çınar incident (1656)
- Edirne Incident (1703)
- Naqib al-Ashraf revolt (1703–1705)
- Patrona Halil revolt (1730)
- Edirne incident (1806)
- Alemdar revolt (1808)
- Auspicious Incident (1826)
Historiography
Ottoman scholars Cemal Kafadar and Baki Tezcan have argued that the janissary revolts ought to be viewed not just as military rebellions, but also as mass movements against the Ottoman aristocracy which were supported by lower socioeconomic classes.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ https://sites.duke.edu/rethinkingglobalcities/files/2014/09/riffraff.pdf
- ^ Murphey, R. (2011). "Reviewed work: The Second Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Transformation in the Early Modern World, BAKI TEZCAN". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 74 (3): 482–484. doi:10.1017/S0041977X11000450. JSTOR 41287990.
- ^ Abi, Ceren (2013). "Tezcan, Baki. Second Empire Book Review". UCLA Historical Journal. 24.
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