Hadji Mustafa Pasha
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Hadji Mustafa Pasha was the Vizier of the Sanjak of Smederevo from 1793 to 1801. He was murdered on 27 December 1801 by the renegade Janissaries known as the Dahije who had taken control of the sanjak
Dahias & Mustapha Pasa
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A janissary was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops. They were one of the first modern standing armies, and perhaps the first infantry force in the w
Hadji Mustafa Pasha
…of the Sanjak of Smederevo ("Belgrade Pashalik", modern-day central Serbia) from 1793 to 1801. He was murdered on 27 December 1801 by the renegade Janissaries known as the Dahije who had taken control of the sanjak. Mustafa was born in c. 1733 (he was mentioned as being 60 years old in 1793). He was of Greek…
Agha of the Janissaries and a Bölük of the Janissaries by Lambert Wyts, 1573
Agha of the Janissaries, commander of the Janissary Corps, in 1768
Portrait of a Janissary with a firearm (before 1657)
The Janissary Agha leading the corps, 1658.