Tax Administration in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
Ottoman History Podcast
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The Transformation of Tymars Into Tax Farms
"I can compare from the organized and solvent empire of the 16th century to the disorganized, corrupt, and insolvent empire of the 17th century," he says. "What I found was that the finance department did not disintegrate...that it competently dealt with a whole set of new problems." The Jell-Alys disrupted communications through between Istanbul and the provinces; people would make off with funds which wouldn't ever reach the treasury. So instead of sending money back and forth, they sent letters.
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