Janissary revolt
The janissary revolts were a series of revolts by slave soldiers known as janissaries in the Ottoman Empire.
Revolts
- Buçuktepe rebellion (1446)
- Janissary revolt (1525)
- Beylerbeyi event (1589)
- Haile-i Osmaniye (1621–1622)
- Edirne Incident (1703)
- Naqib al-Ashraf revolt (1703–1705)
- Patrona Halil revolt (1730)
- Edirne incident (1806)
- Alemdar revolt (1808)
- Auspicious Incident (1826)
Historiography
Ottoman scholars Cemal Kafadar and Baki Tezcan have argued that the janissary revolts ought to be viewed not just as military rebellions, but also as mass movements against the Ottoman aristocracy which were supported by lower socioeconomic classes.[1][2][3]