The Destruction of the
Janissaries 1826
Towards the end of May,
1826, Sultan
Mahmud II. issued a hatti seherif for the reform
of the Janissaries, which, however, still left them
considerable privileges. Nevertheless, that
licentious soldiery rose in insurrection on the night
of June 14th, and plundered the palaces of three
grandees whom they considered to be the authors of
the decree. The riot was continued on the following
day. But the Janissaries had neither plan nor
leaders, and the Sultan, who had previously assured
himself of the support of the Ulema, as well as of
the marine, the artillery, and other troops, putting
himself at the head of the bands that remained
faithful to him, and displaying the tunic of the
Prophet, dismissed the crowd which surrounded it to
the slaughter of the Janissaries assembled in the
Hippodrome. In a single night 4,000 were massacred
and cast into the Hellespont; in the following days
25,000 more. Their wives and children were also
murdered, and their very name abolished.
Modern
Europe, From The Fall Of Constantinople To The
Establishment Of The German Empire, A.D.
1453—1871. By Thomas Henry Dyer, Ll.D.
(Second Edition, Revised And Continued.} In Five
Volumes. Vol. V. From 1794 To 1871. London U.K.:
George Bell And Sons, York Street, Covent Garden.
1877.
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... in the international
arena and the devaluation of the Ottoman currency
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