DESCRIPTION:
Ottoman Janissaries - oldest military marching band - Attack March

The Janissaries (from Ottoman Turkish يڭيچرى yeniçeri meaning "new soldier", Albanian: Jeniçer, Bosnian: Janičari, Hungarian: Janicsár, Croatian: Janjičari, Romanian: Ieniceri, Serbian: Janjičari, Bulgarian: еничари) were infantry Musketeer units that formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops and bodyguards. The force was created by the Sultan Murad I from Christian boys levied through the devşirme system from conquered countries in the 14th century[1] and was abolished by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826 in the Auspicious Incident.[2]