devşirme

Ottoman Empire recruitment practice
Thing tax Q815841
devşirme
Ali Amir Beg (fl. 1558) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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devşirme

Summary

devşirme is a tax[1]. devşirme worked as an eunuch[2] and warrior[3]. devşirme ranks in the top 2% of tax entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,025 views/month).[4]

Key Facts

  • devşirme's professions included eunuch[2].
  • devşirme worked as a warrior[3].
  • devşirme is in the country of Ottoman Empire[5].
  • devşirme's instance of is recorded as tax[6].
  • devşirme's instance of is recorded as process[7].
  • devşirme's instance of is recorded as discrimination[8].
  • devşirme's instance of is recorded as social status[9].
  • devşirme's instance of is recorded as historical position[10].
  • devşirme is a type of eunuch[11].
  • devşirme's Commons category is recorded as Devşirme[12].
  • devşirme's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Devshirme[13].
  • devşirme's main subject is slavery[14].
  • devşirme's main subject is military recruitment[15].
  • devşirme's main subject is religion[16].
  • devşirme's main subject is arbitrary arrest and detention[17].
  • devşirme's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • devşirme's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include tax[6], process[7], discrimination[8], social status[9], and historical position[10]. devşirme is a type of eunuch[11].

Why It Matters

devşirme ranks in the top 2% of tax entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,025 views/month).[4] devşirme has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] devşirme is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

FAQs

What did devşirme do for work?

devşirme worked as eunuch[2] and warrior[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Instance of tax, process, discrimination +2
    Occupation eunuch, warrior
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007409262005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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