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http://www.e-tarih.org/sozluk.php?sd=sozlukdetay&id=331
http://www.isimsizsevda.com/ulufe-nedirulufe-ne-demektirulufe-dagitimihakkinda-bilgi.html
http://nedirler.com/nedir-ne-demek/9364-ulufe-nedir-ulufe-toreni-ulufe-merasimi-tevziati-.html

Ulûfe Nedir?
Janissaries had their payday once in every three months. Distributing the ulûfe took place in a carefully organized ceremony. Aghas and common soldiers stood side by side waiting for their two silver coins - that was the amount they were paid in the early days. Even Sultan himself attended the ulûfe ceremony incognito and received his wages from the sergeant major together with the Janissaries.
Each company was called in a numerical order to take their small red leather bags where the money had been placed. Some rituals were always repeated the same way:
Ancak altmış beşinci bölüğe sıra gelince bir ve ikinci seslenişte hiç ses çıkmaz, üçüncü seslenişe yoktur diye bir ses yükselirdi. Bunun üzerine başçavuş yok olsun der ve meydandaki bütün askerler yok olsun diye bağırırlardı. Bu bölük, Genç Osman´ı şehit ettiği ve Şehzade Murad bu bölüğe sığındığı halde bölüğün şehzadeyi III. Mehmed´e teslim edip, idam ettirmeleri olaylarından dolayı yok olsun diye anılırdı. When it was turn for the 65th company no one answered to the first and the second calls. After the third call “Not here” was said loud. The sergeant major answered “So be it” and all the soldiers in the square shouted “So be it”. This company was memorized with “So be it” because they killed Osman II and gave Crown Prince Murad to Mehmed III’s hands to be executed when he was taking shelter with them.
There was a tradition concerning the food that was served also:
Ulûfe dağıtımından önce yeniçerilere saray mutfağında hazırlanan çorba, pilav ve zerde verilirdi. Yeniçeriler bir şeye küskün oldukları zaman çorba içmezlerdi. Before the distribution of ulûfe the Janissaries were given soup, pilav and rice pudding which had been prepared in the kitchen of the palace. If for some reason the Janissaries felt offended for some reason whey wouldn’t eat the soup.
The ulûfe system rose together with the Janissary army, corrupted and came to its end with it.
Yeniçerilerin bozulmağa yüz tuttuğu devirlerde artık ulûfe de satın alınabilen bir mal haline geldi. At the times when the Janissary system was collapsing even ulûfe became a commodity.
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