Turkish janissary, XVII century 1/72 Orion 72010

Turkish janissary, XVII century
1/72 scale plastic model kit
Orion 72010

Manufacturer: Orion
Scale: 1/72
Material: Plastic
Paint: Unpainted, assembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box 

The Janissaries (from Ottoman Turkish ÙŠÚ­ÙŠÚ†Ø±Ù‰ yeniçeri meaning "new soldier",Greek: Î“ενίτσαροι, Italian: Giannizzeri, Albanian: Jeniçer, Hungarian: Janicsár,Bosnian: Janjičari, 

) were elite infantryunits that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and bodyguards. Sultan Murad I created the force in 1383. It was abolished by Sultan Mahmud IIin 1826 in the Auspicious Incident.They were an elite corps whose internal cohesion was cemented by strict discipline and prevalent order.According to military historian Michael Antonucci and economic historians Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane, the Turkish administrators would scour their regions (but especially the Balkans) every five years for the strongest sons of the sultan's Christian subjects. These boys (usually between the ages of 6 and 14) were then taken from their parents and given to Turkish families in the provinces to learn Turkish language and customs, and the rules of Islam. The recruits were indoctrinated into Islam, and supervised 24 hours a day. They were subjected to severe discipline, being prohibited from growing a beard, taking up a skill other than soldiering, and marrying. As a result, the Janissaries were extremely well-disciplined troops, and became members of the Askeri class, the first-class citizens ormilitary class. Most were non-Muslims because it was not permissible to enslave a Muslim.The Janissary corps were distinctive in a number of ways. They wore unique uniforms, were paid regular salaries for their service, marched to music (the mehter), lived in barracks and were the first corps to make extensive use of firearms. A Janissary battalion was a close-knit community, effectively the soldier's family. By tradition, the Sultan himself, after authorizing the payments to the Janissaries, visited the barracks dressed as a Janissary trooper, and received his pay alongside the other men of the First Division.They also served as policemen, palace guards, and firefighters during peacetime. The Janissaries also enjoyed far better support on campaign than other armies of the time. They were part of a well-organized military machine, in which one support corps prepared the roads while others pitched tents and baked the bread. Their weapons and ammunition were transported and re-supplied by the cebeci corps. They campaigned with their own medical teams of Muslim and Jewish surgeons and their sick and wounded were evacuated to dedicated mobile hospitals set up behind the lines.

Janissary New Soldier
Active	1363–1826 (1830 for Algier)
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire