Yeniçeri

The Yeniçeri or Janissaries are the foreign-born or non-Hamalfite regulars of the Caliphate of Haison. Once designated their own fighting force and segregated from the main Hamalfite regulars, the Yeniçeri forces have since become integrated into regular Hamalfite units. The term Yeniçeri often exists in the modern military as an administrative distinction between "foreign-born" and "native-born".
In the past foreign mujaheddin during the time of Mombadin were integrated into the larger force. But as the caliphate grew and began to express its own Hamalfite identity foreign-troops were scorned or outright barred from the military. These foreign or non-Hamalfite individuals including Mire Folk were exempted from levee service. Saffersamid ibn-Ali al-Safferid reversed this practice through royal power and organized the three modern branches of the Jiyeesha, including non-Hamalfites in the military endeavors of the Caliph.
== Formation ==
The formal Yeniçeri were formed by Caliph Saffersamid by royal decree along with the formation of a royal guard and a recognition of a standing, regular fighting force. This decree was at the time a move to consolidate the caliph's power against rivals by forming a standing fighting force recognized as answering directly to the caliphate. Prior, royal fighting forces were raised as retinues to a minor noble or a wealthy individual within the realm. This decree strengthened himself while capping the size of retinue bodies.
The Yeniçeri became a move to embolden the minorities in the realm with patriotism and loyalty to the caliph by involving them in additional, regular fields otherwise filled by ethnic Hamalfites. The Yeniçeri also extended its service to foreign bodies from outside of the realm to fight as a foreign legion for Saffersamid and his descendants. The early Yeniçeri thus became synonymous as a foreign legion or as an army of legally recognized mercenaries; who while they have often featured heavily in Haison's early conflicts were never recognized in official chronology or listed and named in after-action reports (whether alive or KIA). Saffersamid believed this move would entice the recruitment of mercenaries by recognizing them equally as Hamalfite regulars with the same benefits of service, including land for victorious service.
Khodor ibn-Michid again made military reformations building on Saffersamid's decree. Khodor abolished the segregated Yeniçeri units and intermixed them with Hamalfite regulars to prevent foreign conspiracy among the military and dilute possible dissidents within the ranks by mixing them with individuals not of their race. This in effect rendered the old Janissary extinct, while still rendering it alive on paper. Likewise, Khodor abolished the policy of promised landed property for all soldiers and offered a monetary pension on top of a wage and legal benefit to the soldiers.
== Composition ==
Administratively and functionally the Yeniçeri closely resembled the structure of the regular Jiyeesha with an infantry, cavalry, and artillery corp. With the integration of the unit with the regular Jiyeesha its bureaucratic structure became the very same as that of the Jiyeesha.
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