What were the Christian boys drafted into the army called?
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The Christian boys drafted into the Ottoman army were called Janissaries.
They were recruited through the devshirme system, in which Christian boys from the Balkans were taken, converted to Islam, and trained to serve the Ottoman state, mainly as elite soldiers or administrators.
They were called Janissaries.