Devshirme was the practice of taking Christian boys, between the ages of 8 and 18, from conquered Christian regions in the Ottoman Empire. They were circumcised, converted to Islam, and trained to be soldiers called Janissaries who were completely loyal to the emperor. To help ensure their singular loyalty, they were forbidden to engage in trade or to marry. The practice lasted from the 1300s to 1648.
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