A Nizam-i-Cedid line infantryman. In the 1790s the Ottoman army was fundamentally reformed to include more professional musketmen. The reforms produced regiments known as the Nizam-i-Cedid, or “new order”, meant to replace the reliance on the unwieldy Janissary institution which the Ottoman Empire had relied on since the 1300s. Ironically, the reforms led to Janissary revolts after the turn of the century, and the reforms were undone.













