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Which of the Following Most Accurately Describes the Janissaries

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Which of the following most accurately describes the Janissaries?


A) Provincial cavalrymen who were freeborn Muslims that performed administrative as well as military functions
B) A slave army that was paid a regular salary and expected to be ready for military duty at all times
C) A mercenary force of North Africans who "followed the Ottoman standard not for God, but for gold and glory"
D) A force of Christians who were procured as children from European provinces of the empire

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