timar

Turkish feudal estate

A timar was a land grant in the Ottoman Empire, given to cavalrymen in exchange for military service rather than rent.

The holder (timariot) collected taxes from peasants on the land and was obligated to report for duty with horses and equipment when called.

The system supported Ottoman military expansion for centuries before declining in the 17th and 18th centuries.

feudal

fiefdom

Feudal territory under lord

feudalismLand-for-service social structure
vassalageSubordination to a lord
fealtyPledged devotion to authority

suzerainty · manorialism · landholding · tenure · grant · service · military obligation · usufruct · estate · domain

administration

taxation

Compulsory government revenue collection

revenueBusiness income total
censusOfficial population count
registrationFormal recording of participation

provincial · district · allocation · assessment · inheritance · transfer · confiscation · cadastral · defter · reform

ottoman

sultan

Muslim royal ruler

janissariesOttoman professional foot soldiers
Sublime PorteSultan's central administration
pashaOttoman high official

bey · Anatolia · Balkans · Istanbul · Suleiman · kadi · millets · divan · Topkapi · cavalry

Categories

Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire, sultans, grand vizier, Constantinople, Suleiman
Ottoman landhas, tapu, state land, crown land, land grant
Ottoman militaryjanissaries, pasha, aga, agha, bey
Greek Independenceuprising, Greek War of Independence, liberation struggle, revolt, revolutionaries
Ottoman titlespasha, vizier, grand vizier, sultan, bey

Opposites

land tenure heritability

Permanent property title

patrimony · family estate · ancestral land · private property · ancestral lands

land grant size/status in ottoman system

timarhas

Holds in possession

property conditionality

timarpersonal property

Movable owned assets

Phrases

timar systemFeudal grant for mounted soldiers

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