ements ▁include ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁the ▁Jan iss ary ▁corps ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 6 , ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁modern ▁Ott oman ▁army , ▁and ▁the ▁prepar ation ▁of ▁the ▁T anz imat ▁re forms ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 . ▁By ▁ 1 8 2 6 , ▁the ▁s ultan ▁was ▁ready ▁to ▁move ▁against ▁the ▁Jan iss ary ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁a ▁more ▁modern ▁military . ▁Mah m ud ▁II ▁inc ited ▁them ▁to ▁revol t ▁on ▁purpose , ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁s ultan ' s ▁" c oup ▁against ▁the ▁Jan iss aries ". ▁The ▁s ultan ▁informed ▁them , ▁through ▁a ▁fat wa , ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁forming ▁a ▁new ▁army , ▁organ ised ▁and ▁trained ▁along ▁modern ▁European ▁lines . ▁As ▁predicted , ▁they ▁mut in ied , ▁adv ancing ▁on ▁the ▁s ultan ' s ▁palace . ▁In ▁the ▁en su ing ▁fight , ▁the ▁Jan iss ary ▁bar ra cks ▁were ▁set ▁in ▁fl ames ▁by ▁art illery ▁fire ▁resulting ▁in ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁Jan iss ary ▁fatal ities . ▁The ▁surv iv ors ▁were ▁either ▁ex iled ▁or ▁executed , ▁and ▁their ▁poss essions ▁were ▁conf isc ated ▁by ▁the ▁Sultan . ▁This ▁event ▁is ▁now ▁called ▁the ▁Aus p icious ▁Inc ident . ▁The ▁last ▁of ▁the ▁Jan iss aries ▁were ▁then ▁put ▁to ▁death ▁by ▁dec ap itation ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁later ▁called ▁the ▁blood ▁tower , ▁in ▁Th ess al on iki . ▁