However , Armenian manuscript colophons from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries and foreign travelers of the time indicate that Armenians were not spared from the devshirme .
Jews were exempt from this service and until recently Armenians were thought to have also been exempt .
Armenian manuscript colophons from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries and foreign travelers of the time indicate that Armenians were not spared from the devshirme .
Jews were exempt from this service and until recently Armenians were thought to have also been exempt .