Sekban-i Djedid Army

Sekban-ı Cedid
Active29 August 1808
Disbanded18 October 1808
Country Ottoman Empire
Garrison/HQConstantinople
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Alemdar Mustafa Pasha

The Sekban-i Djedid Army was a brief and unsuccessful attempt (29 August – 18 October 1808) by Bayraktar Mustafa Pasha to revive the Nizam-i Djedid Army, based on European models.[1] The attempt failed as the Janissaries revolted and killed Alemdar Mustafa Pasha. The Sekban-i Djedid was abolished and all the privileges of the traditional Kapıkulu corps, to which the Janissaries belonged, were renewed.

  1. ^ Mesut Uyar, Edward J. Erickson, 2009, A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atatürk, ABC-CLIO, page 196