Janissary revolt explained

The janissary revolts were a series of revolts by slave soldiers known as janissaries in the Ottoman Empire.

Revolts

• Buçuktepe rebellion (1446)
  • Beylerbeyi event (1589)
• (1621–1622)
• Çınar incident (1656)
• Edirne Incident (1703)
• Naqib al-Ashraf revolt (1703–1705)
• (1730)
• Edirne incident (1806)
• (1808)
• Auspicious Incident (1826)

Historiography

Ottoman scholars Cemal Kafadar and Baki Tezcan have argued that the janissary revolts ought to be viewed not just as military rebellions, but also as mass movements against the Ottoman aristocracy which were supported by lower socioeconomic classes.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. https://sites.duke.edu/rethinkingglobalcities/files/2014/09/riffraff.pdf
2. Reviewed work: The Second Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Transformation in the Early Modern World, BAKI TEZCAN . 41287990 . Murphey . R. . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London . 2011 . 74 . 3 . 482–484 . 10.1017/S0041977X11000450 .
3. Tezcan, Baki. Second Empire Book Review . UCLA Historical Journal . 2013 . 24 . Abi . Ceren .