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The Janissary Revolt That Hung a Grand Vizier
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Episode The Janissary Revolt That Hung a Grand Vizier
In 1622, the janissaries of the Ottoman Empire rose up, stormed the Topkapı Palace, and deposed the young sultan Osman II, an event that ended with his murder. This episode unpacks the revolt's causes and consequences: Osman's ambition to reform the janissary corps, the harem politics of Kösem Sultan and the Valide Sultan, the role of the Şeyhülislam, and the brief reign of the mad Mustafa I that followed. We also trace the wider pattern of janissary power over the seventeenth century, comparing Osman's fate with that of Murad IV, who brutally regained control. Along the way, we meet the grand vizier (and Osman's brother-in-law) Davud Pasha, who orchestrated the final act, and we follow the revolt's echoes in the regicide's aftermath. It's a story of institutional rebellion, palace intrigue, and a sultan who paid for reform with his life.
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