Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition

[see badw , ṣaḥrāʿ ].

[see kitāba ].

[see al-ḳaḍāʿ wa-’l-ḳadar ].

[see dustūr ].

, literally “camel’s neck”, a Turkish geographical term used to designate certain mountain passes and promontories. The most celebrated mountain pass known as Deve Boynu is that between Erzurum [ q.v.] and Ḥasan-Ḳalʿe, which played an important part in the defence of Erzurum. The transit road leads from Trebizond ( ṭarabzun , [ q.v.]) to Iran, and the Erzurum-Kars railway passes through it (see F. B. Lynch, Armenia Travels and Studies , 1898, London 1901, ii, 194 ff.; E. Nolde, Reise nach Innerarabien , Kurdistan und Armenien , 1895, 260 ff.). Another pass kn…

, a Turkish word meaning cameleer, the name given to certain regiments of the corps of janissaries [see yeni čeri ], forming part of the D̲j̲emāʿat , and performing escort duties with the supply columns. They were also called by the Persian term s̲h̲uturbān . The Deved̲j̲is originally formed the first five ortas of the Ḏj̲emaʿat (four according to D’Ohsson), and were later augmented to include many others. They wore heron’s feathers in their crests (see sorguč ); when attending the dīwān they wore velvet trimmed with sable and lynx fur. Deved̲j̲i officers enjoyed high precedence among the or…

[see Ḳara Ḥiṣār].

[see iblīs , s̲h̲ayṭān ].

, verbal noun of T. devs̲h̲ir- ‘to collect’ (with various spellings, cf. TTS s.v. derşürmek ), Ottoman term for the periodical levy of Christian children for training to fill the ranks of the Janissaries (see yeni čeri ) and to occupy posts in the Palace service and in the administration (Gr. παιδομάζωμα). The same verb is used in the earliest Ottoman sources (Giese’s Anon . 22, l. 12 = Urud̲j̲ 22, 1. 4) for the ‘collection’ of the fifth part of prisoners from the dār al-ḥarb due to the Sultan as pend̲j̲ik [ q.v.], from whom, according to tradition, the Janissary corps was first raised …

[see dawla ].

[see dayi̊ ].