The English ambassador from the 17th century, Thomas Roe, provides an intriguing account of Sultan Osman's demise. The Ottoman Grand Vizier persuaded the Sultan to form a new force by 'going to the East' and assembling Kurds, according to Roe:
He was no Emperour, nor could be safely alive, while the Janizaries had the power which they lately usurped: Informing him, that they were cor-rupted from their ancient Institution, & were lazie Cowards, given over to ease and lust, et animo per libidines corrupto, nihil honestum inerat. But if his Majestie would pull up his spirits, and follow his advice, hee would provide him a new Souldioury about Damascus, and from the Coords, of men ever bred in the frontier, hardnes, and warre, of great courage and experience, and that of them he should erect a new Militia, that should wholly depend of him.
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