18th century in Wallachia

1774 peace treaty ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74

peace treaty

thumb|upright=1.2|View of the Phanarion quarter, the historical centre of the Greek community of [[Constantinople in Ottoman times, ca. 1900]] thumb|upright=1.2|Another view of the Phanarion quarter, ca. 1900. In the forefront: the Bulgarian Orthodox Bulgarian St. Stephen Church|Church of St. Stephen; atop the hill: the [[Phanar Greek Orthodox College.]]

1739 treaty between Austria and the Ottomans

battle in 1789, during the Russo-Turkish war

Seimeni (plural of Seimen) designates the group of flintlock-armed infantry mercenaries charged with guarding the hospodar (ruler) and his court in 17th and 18th century Wallachia and Moldavia. They were mostly of Serb and other Balkan origin. The term is of Turkish origin: seğmen means "young armed man", it itself derives from Persian سگبان (sagbān). In modern transcriptions of Slavonic, it may also appear as simén (plural: siméni) or siimén (siiméni).