PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agoYour children! Sell Tribute me your children!media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11
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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoExplanation: During the Ottoman Empire, a… curious… system was employed by the central government. They would, as a ‘tax’, seize children from Christian subjects, raise them as Muslims, and train them for palace service or induct them as slave-soldiers into the ranks of the Janissaries - the main force of the Ottoman Sultan.
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoOof…don’t tell the Islamaphobes.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoInterestingly enough, it was… extremely dubious by Islamic law, since slaves are only supposed to be taken from peoples one is actively at war with.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agolook do they want social mobility or not? /s Skullgrid does not condone slavery. Ask doctor before use.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoTurks trying to channel their inner Romans, AGAIN It is interesting, especially since the Janissaries themselves would eventually demand to have their own children enrolled in its ranks. But definitely not a great start to one’s day, having the tax collector come by and decide that you must pay the Empire one (1) child
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoInteresting indeed! Always appreciate your posts! I offer you my multitudinous compliments.
Explanation: During the Ottoman Empire, a… curious… system was employed by the central government. They would, as a ‘tax’, seize children from Christian subjects, raise them as Muslims, and train them for palace service or induct them as slave-soldiers into the ranks of the Janissaries - the main force of the Ottoman Sultan.
Oof…don’t tell the Islamaphobes.
Interestingly enough, it was… extremely dubious by Islamic law, since slaves are only supposed to be taken from peoples one is actively at war with.
look do they want social mobility or not? /s
Skullgrid does not condone slavery. Ask doctor before use.
Turks trying to channel their inner Romans, AGAIN
It is interesting, especially since the Janissaries themselves would eventually demand to have their own children enrolled in its ranks.
But definitely not a great start to one’s day, having the tax collector come by and decide that you must pay the Empire one (1) child
Interesting indeed! Always appreciate your posts! I offer you my multitudinous compliments.