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    Posted: 13-Sep-2005 at 14:32
I think it's just the Arabic pronunciation of yenieri
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Scanderbeg and his Albanian army


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Scottish Clansmen!

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  Quote Zagros Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-Sep-2005 at 21:24
isn't Janissary, "soul sacrificer" or somethign similar?
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  Quote Zagros Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-Sep-2005 at 21:32

Iranian soldiers at war.

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  Quote kotumeyil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Sep-2005 at 06:05

Originally posted by Zagros

isn't Janissary, "soul sacrificer" or somethign similar?

Yeni = new 

Cheri = army

As far as I remember, it was established as a new army at the time of Murad I...

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  Quote erci Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Sep-2005 at 18:26
Originally posted by Zagros

isn't Janissary, "soul sacrificer" or somethign similar?


you confused djan(persian) with Jani(yeni) I think
"When one hears such music, what can one say, but .... Salieri?"
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  Quote Zagros Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Sep-2005 at 19:08

Yes, because I read somewhere they were "soul (jan) sacrificers".

So is Jannisery the same as Yanicheri?

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  Quote erci Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Sep-2005 at 19:22
I think so because many Turkish words used and still in use in Balkans. "J" pronounce as "Y"  and "E" as "A" or vice versa in most Balkan countries.
"When one hears such music, what can one say, but .... Salieri?"
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  Quote Artaxiad Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Sep-2005 at 19:37

A colorized photo of Armenian ''fedayi"s, late 1900s. My scanner kinda ruined it.

 

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  Quote kotumeyil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Sep-2005 at 05:01
Originally posted by Zagros

Yes, because I read somewhere they were "soul (jan) sacrificers".

So is Jannisery the same as Yanicheri?

I think you're talking about "serdengechti"s. "Ser is head in Persian as you know, and serdengechti = who sacrifices his head 

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  Quote Zagros Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Sep-2005 at 06:48
OK, thanks.
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Turkish Kuvayi Milliye, the civil resistance forces all over Turkey against the invaders, these from Cukurova (Cilicia)...

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  Quote erci Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Sep-2005 at 19:01
Atli Cengaverler - Great warriors with horses
"When one hears such music, what can one say, but .... Salieri?"
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  Quote Artaxiad Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Sep-2005 at 22:35

these from Cukurova (Cilicia)...

Why do I have the strange feeling that this picture was directed to me?

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  Quote Gubook Janggoon Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Sep-2005 at 22:43
This thread is great, keep it coming guys.

I'm especially liking the old Pashtun dudes.
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Samburu warrior from Kenya

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Samburu warrior agian

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