Tax Deduction Requests, Negotiations, and Consensus in the Ottoman Empire (1648-1687)
The objective of this study is to reveal the governmental policy toward tax deduction demands in the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Mehmed IV. For this purpose, the study examines some relevant petitions, arzs [submissions], and financial records found in the Ottoman Archive. Applicants were fou...
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| Language: | English |
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Istanbul University Press
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Tarih Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/8D99226BE84E4A4DB599EFC0D8E3142A |
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| Summary: | The objective of this study is to reveal the governmental policy toward tax deduction demands in the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Mehmed IV. For this purpose, the study examines some relevant petitions, arzs [submissions], and financial records found in the Ottoman Archive. Applicants were found to request discounts on the grounds of poverty, depopulation, scarcity, expensiveness, and faulty registration. The government made decisions regarding incoming applications by examining financial records, conducting on-site inspections of the issues raised in the applications, or using the new tahrir [census]. The study found that, with a few exceptions, almost all requests for deductions were granted in full or in part. Some deductions were understood to have been provided by charging the amount of the requested reduction to others. |
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| ISSN: | 2619-9505 |