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Who were the janissaries

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    they were elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troop
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    It was composed of war captives and Christian youths pressed into service; all the recruits were converted to Islam and trained under the strictest discipline. It was originally organized by Sultan Murad I. The Janissaries gained great power in the Ottoman Empire and made and unmade sultans.
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