High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Devshirme (Ottoman ???????, Greek ???????????, Paedomazoma - collection of children; Armenian: ??????????, Mankahavak' - child-gathering; Romanian: tribut de sange; Croatian: Danak u krvi, Slovene: Krvni davek, Serbian: Данак у крви / Danak u krvi, Macedonian: Данок во крв / Danok vo krv, and Bulgarian: Кръвен данък/ Kraven Danak - blood tax) was the practice by which the Ottoman Empire recruited boys, forcibly, from Christian families, who were selected by skilled scouts to be trained and enrolled in one of the four imperial institutions: the Palace, the Scribes, the Religious and the Military. Although the primary objective of the devshirmeh system was to select and train the ablest children for leadership positions, either as military leaders or as high administrators to serve the Empire converting to Islam was mandatory to stay in the system. The devshirme candidates were not supposed to be orphans, or the only child in their family (to...

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