In the #AuspiciousIncident, #ThisDayInHistory in 1826, #Ottoman Sultan #MahmudII stopped a revolt of #JanissaryCorps against the #Tanzimat Reforms, disbanding the 600-year-old institution & executing thousands. #NizamıCedid ("new order") professionals replaced the slave-soldiers.

"We serve the Sublime Porte, O Sultan!" - The Cooler Ottoman Military Unit

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