How Ottoman Janissaries Slept on Campaign Across the Balkans | War History for Sleep

Tonight you are a Janissary, a foot soldier of the Ottoman Sultan's household in the age of Suleiman the Magnificent, in the middle of the 1500s: a man in a long blue coat and a tall white felt cap, with a wooden spoon tucked into the front of it. We follow the quiet side of one campaign season: the Hearth and its companies, the village boys of the Balkans who learned Turkish on Anatolian farms, the barracks of Istanbul, the sacred copper cauldron and the officer called the soup maker, the felt cap of Haji Bektash, pay day and the pilaf at Topkapi Palace, the horsetail standards raised at Davutpasha, the mehter band, the old road to Edirne, the famously clean and quiet Ottoman camp described by Busbecq, painted tents, the evening soup, the water carriers, the night watch under the stars, the Balkan mountain passes and roadside hans, rain on the canvas, the bridges of Mostar and Visegrad, the Danube at Belgrade, the long days of waiting, the coming of the days of Kasim, winter quarters around a charcoal brazier, the first coffee houses of Istanbul, the road home, and the night watchmen of the sleeping city. Calm, slow, whispered narration with a soft wind and a gentle fire in the background. No loud sounds and no battle scenes. Made to help you fall asleep. New War History for Sleep episodes every morning and evening. Subscribe if you'd like another quiet night in history. Chapters 00:00 Welcome 03:04 The New Soldiers 05:38 A Boy from the Mountains 08:16 The Barracks of the Hearth 11:03 The Sacred Cauldron 13:34 The White Felt Cap 16:15 Pay Day and the Pilaf 19:04 The Horsetails Are Raised 22:07 The Mehter Band 25:00 The Road to Edirne 28:01 Pitching the Camp 30:53 Inside the Tent 33:46 The Evening Soup 36:35 The Water Carriers 39:06 Night Watch in the Camp 41:58 Across the Balkans 44:55 Rain on the Canvas 47:34 Bridges over Rivers 50:11 The Danube at Belgrade 52:55 The Long Days of Waiting 55:37 The Days of Kasim 58:03 Winter Quarters 1:00:49 A Cup of Coffee 1:0