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The Janissaries were the palace guards for the Sultan in the Ottoman Empire in Turkey for 500 years and they had these wonderful bands.
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The Janissaries were the palace guards for the Sultan in the Ottoman Empire in Turkey for 500 years and they had these wonderful bands.
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Then there's the next installment of his "Janissaries" series.
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This corps of 'Janissaries' [1] was founded in the third generation of the Ottoman dynasty, and was the essential instrument of its military success.
The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Nevill Forbes 1906
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Much the same is true of Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle - I enclose a. jpg of the Orbit edition cover, which is so awful it has gone past awfulness and become a thing of beauty.
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
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All charged, pushed, and shoved as the masses squeezed out the Gate of Salutation and raced across the wide-open Courtyard of Janissaries toward the Imperial Gate and out to freedom.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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They both took a slight roll and silently landed like a pairs team on the grass of the Courtyard of Janissaries.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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Glen Cook liberally uses European High Middle Ages, blending together: crusades, pope (and antipope), Jews, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the King of Spain, Janissaries, ruling noble families of Rome caught in everlasting cloak and dagger games for papacy, corruption of the medieval Catholic Church, catharism and it's centre the Languedoc and last, but not least the Vikings and their pantheon.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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Yasim waved KC around the metal detector and she walked through the welcome archway into the Courtyard of Janissaries.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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And as they looked back down on the Courtyard of Janissaries, they saw the five guards charging their way, guns drawn, anger filling their faces.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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