Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. IEvliya Çelebi
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Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. I
Evliya Çelebi
Caucasus, South -- Description and travel; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Turkey -- History
Anatóli has 14 Sanjaks, 399 Ziámets, 5,589 Timárs.
Karman 7 ditto 68 ditto 2,211 ditto
—— 7 ditto 108 ditto 3,699 ditto
Miráish 4 ditto 29 ditto 215 ditto
Shám (Damascus), 2 ditto 138 ditto 1,865 ditto
Trabalós 4 ditto 63 ditto 571 ditto
Seida (Sidon) 4 ditto 94 ditto 995 ditto
Halep (Aleppo), has 5 Sanjaks, 99 Ziámets, 833 Timárs.
Adna 5 ditto 43 ditto 1,659 ditto
Roha 2 ditto 4 ditto 6,026 ditto
Díárbekr 12 ditto 926 ditto 926 ditto
Erzerúm 9 ditto 133 ditto 5,159 ditto
Trebizonde 2 ditto 56 ditto 398 ditto
Gurjístán (Georgia) has no Sanjaks, Ziámets, or Timárs.
Kars 6 Sanjaks, 1 Ziámet, 1,363 Timárs
Jíldir 13 ditto 49 ditto 689 ditto
Ván 24 ditto 46 ditto 2,695 ditto
Mosúl 3 ditto 66 ditto 1,004 ditto
Sheherzúl 21 ditto 15 ditto 806 ditto
Baghdád has no ziámet or timár, but is held on an annual lease, as are
also Basrah and Lahsa: Yemen is governed by an Imám; Habesh (Abyssinia)
is subject to a tributary Sultán; Mesr (Egypt), Jezáïr (Algiers), Tunis
and Trabalos (Tripoli), are held by annual leases. There are in all 151
sanjaks, 1,571 ziámets, 41,286 timárs.
All the land of the Ottoman empire is divided into three parts: the
khás humáyún, or crown lands; the lands given to the vezírs and
begler-begs; and the lands divided into ziámets and timárs.
Section II.
_The Khás, or Revenues of the Begler-begs._
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