Conquest of Constantinople. Detail.Janissaries and Muslim Troops.Moldovita Monas
16th c Romanian Byzantine (Balkan) Painting

MOLDAVIAN Anonymous (active )
1532
16th c
Byzantine (Balkan)
Fresco
Bukovina. Romania.
rmna0399
The Janissaries were slaves of the sultan. They had been kidnapped as boys, converted to Islam and trained by the Sultan to serve as his personal troops.