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
There are 7,313 swords, of which 195 are ziámets and the other tímárs;
they provide 9,700 jebellí or armed men, and others, amounting in all
to 17,000 men. Their annual revenue amounts to 37,317,730 aspres. The
ziámets and tímárs are as follows: Kútáhieh 79 ziámets, 939 tímárs;
Sarúkhán 41 ziámets, 674 tímárs; Aídín 19 ziámets, 572 tímárs;
Karahisár, 15 ziámets, 616 tímárs; Angora 10 ziámets, 257 tímárs; Brúsa
30 ziámets, 1,005 tímárs; Bolí 14 ziámets, 551 tímárs; Kostamúní 24
ziámets, 587 tímárs; Munteshá 52 ziámets, 381 tímárs; Tekkeh 7 ziámets,
392 tímárs; Hamíd 9 ziámets, 585 tímárs; Karasí 7 ziámets 381 tímárs;
Sultán-ogí 7 ziámets, 182 tímárs. In Anatolia there are also Musselmans
(freemen) and Píádeh or Yáyá (pioneers), who to the number of 900 men
go to war; these with the Yamáks amount to 26,500 men; their duties
are to drag the guns, clear the roads, and carry provisions. They have
lands (chiftlik) like the Yúrúks of Rúmeïlí, which are registered as
tímárs. This was the establishment in the reign of Sultán Soleïmán, but
at present they are all enrolled as rayás, and the possessors of these
tímárs are obliged to accompany the Kapúdán Páshá when he goes to sea.
Formerly there were in this province 1,280 volunteering Arabs, who, for
every ten men providing one armed-man, sent 128 men into the field.
They are now disbanded.
_The Province of the Kapúdán Páshá, or the islands of the Archipelago._
This formerly provided 1,618 swords; but Ja’fer Páshá, who was formerly
Bóstánjí Báshí, during the reign of Murád IV. increased their number
to 9,900: of these 106 were ziámets and the rest were tímárs; adding
to them the jebellís the entire number was 12,067 men. The Arabs, the
volunteers of the Arsenal, and the men of sixty galleys, also formed
a body of 10,000 men. The annual revenue of their ziámets and tímárs
amounted to 1,800,000 aspres. The following are the ziámets and tímárs:
Negropont 12 ziámets, 188 tímárs; Einabakht (Lepanto) 13 ziámets, 287
tímárs; Mytylini 83 tímárs; Kojaeïlí 25 ziámets, 187 tímárs; Sighla
32 ziámets, 225 tímárs; Kárlieïlí 11 ziámets, 19 tímárs; Gallipolí 14
ziámets, 132 tímárs; Ródós (Rhodes) 5 ziámets, 785 tímárs; Bíghá 6
ziámets, 136 tímárs; Misistra 10 ziámets, 91 tímárs.
_The Province of Karamán._
This province supplies 1,620 men, 110 of which are ziámets, the rest
tímárs; with the jebellís they amount to 4,600 men. Their annual
revenue is 1,500,000 aspres. Konia has 13 ziámets, 515 sanjaks;
Kaisaria (Cæsarea) 12 ziámets, 200 tímárs; Níkdeh 13 ziámets, 255
tímárs; Begshehrí 12 ziámets, 244 tímárs; Akshehrí 9 ziámets, 22
tímárs; Kirkshehrí 4 ziámets, 13 tímárs; Akseráï 12 ziámets, 228 tímárs.
_The Province of Rúm or Sivás._
This has 3,130 swords or men, of which 109 are ziámets, the rest
tímárs. The begs, záims, and tímariots with their jebellís amount to
9,000 men. Their annual revenue amounts to 3,087,327 aspres. Sivás has
48 ziámets, 928 tímárs.
_The Province of Mara’ish._
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