Note 254 — Chapter X · , § I.—Of Loango.
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In a marginal note Purchas adds: “Azimogli are the children of Christians taken from the parents by the Turke, the spawne of their Ianizaries” It should be Ajem oglan (“inexperienced boys”), the children of Christians who were handed over to Turks to be brought up as Moslims, and trained as recruits for the Yanizaries (Yeni-cheri, new troops) organised by Sultan Urkhan in 1328. This unruly force ceased to exist in 1826.