...of the Ottoman power, the institution of the Janissaries, as designed by Alaeddin and Tschendereli, was maintained in full vigour. The name of Yeni Tscheri,...parents, trained to renounce the faith in which they were bom and baptised, and to profess the creed of Mahomet. They were then carefully educated for a soldier's...

...hast created shall be called Yeni Tscheri — young troops. Their faces shall be white (victorious) and shining, their right arms shall be strong, their...mantle that had been laid on their comrade's neck. By the organisation of the Janissaries, or Yeni Tscheris, the martial success and prosperity of the...

...keen, and their arrows sharp. They shall be fortunate in fight, and shall never leave the battle field save as conquerors." In memory of that benediction...mantle, that had been laid on their comrade's neck.' See also Gibbon, chap. Ixiv. been told beforehand that they were Janissaries, I should, without hesitation,...

...Orchan that "they should be fortunate in fight." In memory of which prophecy the janissaries always wore as part of their uniform a cap of white felt like a dervish, with a strip of woollen stuff hanging from it, to represent the sleeve of the holy man's...

...Yeni Tscheri. Their faces shall be white and shining, their right arms shall be strong, their sabers shall be keen, and their arrows sharp. They shall...white felt, like that of the dervish, with a strip of woolen hanging down behind, to represent the sleeve of the holy man's mantle, that had been laid on...