The Ottoman Empire Essay

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However, these corps began engaging in corruption making them untrustworthy to the Ottoman Sultan, Selim III in the late 18th and the early 19th century. The Janissaries had also lost terribly a series of wars from their enemies such as Russia despite their large troops. Therefore, according to several sultans beginning with Selim III, they saw integrating reforms into the army similar to the organization of other European kingdoms such as Britain as the only way to rise to power (Goodwin). This lead to the creation of the Nizam-I Jedid troops which antagonized the janissaries and the leadership of the kingdom was destabilized by a series of coups instead of building on how they would defeat their enemies. However, these troops were a great failure at the end as they never achieved their objectives.

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