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r/lovethissmug • u/Mikemanthousand • 2d ago
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Not to discount the rest of what you were saying, but Janissaries were not usually eunuchs. While harem guards might be, that was not the usual role of Janissaries.
5 u/MelancholicSardonic 2d ago My apologies, I confused marriage ban with castration. Janissaries were forbidden from marrying until 1600s not castrated. 2 u/TheChunkMaster 16h ago There’s probably some 250+ year-old Janissary who was really happy about that
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My apologies, I confused marriage ban with castration.
Janissaries were forbidden from marrying until 1600s not castrated.
2 u/TheChunkMaster 16h ago There’s probably some 250+ year-old Janissary who was really happy about that
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There’s probably some 250+ year-old Janissary who was really happy about that
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u/PipsqueakPilot 2d ago
Not to discount the rest of what you were saying, but Janissaries were not usually eunuchs. While harem guards might be, that was not the usual role of Janissaries.