Devshirme (Ottoman Turkish: دوشیرمه, romanized: devşirme, lit. 'collecting', usually translated as "child levy" or "blood tax") was the Ottoman practice...

draft carried out annually. The devshirme system became obsolete in the 17th century. Wittek, Paul (1955). "Devs̱ẖirme and s̱ẖarī'a". Bulletin of the School...

corps dates to the early days of the Ottoman Empire: recruited from the devshirme, they served as sappers and pioneers of the Ottoman army. Already in the...

and curricula, in contrast with the Enderun palace schools attended by Devshirme pupils. The word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root...

communities settled in Rumelia or the Balkans, a process known as Devshirme (Devşirme). The Devshirme falls within modern definitions of genocide. Though the sultan...

Badheri) was an Ottoman military officer from Albania. A conscript of the Devshirme child soldier system, he became a Pasha. Ballaban Badera was said to be...

II (who had him executed), there was a rise of slave administrators (devshirme). These were much easier for the sultans to control, as compared to the...

Pasha ended the struggle between the Turkish aristocratic party and the devshirme party, in which the latter emerged victorious. Halil Pasha was the fourth...

kapıkulu were professional, standing troops, mostly drawn through the devshirme system. They formed the backbone of the military of the Ottoman Empire...

other countries. Bulgarians were subjected to heavy taxes (including Devshirme, or blood tax), their culture was suppressed, and they experienced partial...

population experienced Islamisation. Many Serbs were recruited during the devshirme system, a form of slavery, in which boys from Balkan Christian families...

carried out annually. The devshirme system became obsolete in the 17th century. Ágoston, Gábor (2009). "Devşirme (Devshirme)". In Ágoston, Gábor; Masters...

children" (devshirmeh) was that of the boys, an enslavement known as Devshirme, by which non-Muslim boys where enslaved as children, forcibly converted...

formation of elite corps of soldiers. Later they were recruited through the Devshirme, also known as the blood tax or tribute in blood. In this way, the Janissary...

people, and as such they were subjected to heavy taxes among others by the Devshirme system that allowed the Sultan to collect a requisite percentage of Christian...

the Ottoman Sultan's household troops, recruited through the process of devshirme. For all practical purposes, Janissaries belonged to the Sultan, carrying...

in both Greek and Ottoman Turkish. During Ottoman rule, the compulsory devshirme system was implemented into the island, where the locals including Muslim...

gangs. Akindjis were gathered from mostly the Muslim population just as Devshirme was from the Christian population. However, there were exemptions for...

living there, and following his orders entered Ottoman service under the Devshirme practice (as he was born Christian) and eventually became Agha of the...

and other silk products for the Ottoman palaces until the 17th century. Devshirme system was also implemented in Bursa and its surroundings where it was...

insult, or disturbance. However, his standing army was recruited from the Devshirme, a group that took Christian subjects at a young age (8–20 yrs): they...

documents. The island was also a place of refuge for the runaways of the Devshirme System. For example in 1567, a group of runaways was protected and hidden...

with especially Albanians and Serbs) into Ottoman service through the devshirme. Many Ottomans of Greek (or Albanian or Serb) origin were therefore to...

massively joined the Austrian side. Many Serbs were recruited during the devshirme system, a form of slavery in the Ottoman Empire, in which boys from Balkan...

name appears as "Zağanos bin Abdullah", which indicates that he was of devshirme origin. When Mehmed II was exiled in 1446, Zagan accompanied him. Young...

draft carried out annually. The devshirme system became obsolete in the 17th century. Wittek, Paul (1955). "Devs̱ẖirme and s̱ẖarī'a". Bulletin of the School...

due taxes. Failure to pay tax could also result in imprisonment. The Devshirme was a blood tax largely imposed in the Balkans and Anatolia in which the...

born in Bosnia-Herzegovina or Serbian Sandzak, and collected through Devshirme to Janissaries, where he gradually rose through the ranks, he eventually...

Ishak Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: إسحق پاشا, Turkish: İshak Paşa; fl. 1444 – died 30 January 1487) was an Ottoman general, statesman, and later Grand Vizier...

royal line. They tended to be married to high ranking court officials, devshirme statesmen, or sons of prominent Ottoman families. The husbands, who were...