The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the MagnificentLybyer, Albert Howe
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The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the Magnificent
Lybyer, Albert Howe
Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 1495-1566; Turkey -- Politics and government
8. The _Jizyeh Muhasebesi Kalemi_, or bureau of accounts for the
capitation tax, issued orders yearly for the payment of this tax
according to the estimated number of adult male subject Christians. A
specified number of these orders was sent to each district, which was
held responsible for a corresponding revenue.[573] The income of this
bureau was only a little less than that of the second bureau.
9. The _Mevkufat Kalemi_, or bureau of tributes, kept account of taxes
paid in kind, of the quantity of grain in the public storehouses of
Constantinople and the border fortresses, and of the grants of supplies
from these stores to the several army corps and to the households of
military and civil _kullar_ who were required to follow the army.
10. The _Maliyeh Kalemi_, or chancery bureau of the treasury department,
issued diplomas to all employees of mosques who brought certificates
of nomination from the seventh and twentieth bureaus, and to all
administrators of religious endowments and pensioners upon such funds;
and it drew up for the approval of the sultan and the countersignature of
the _Defterdars_ all _firmans_, or administrative orders, that concerned
the treasury department.
11. The _Kuchuk Rusnameh Kalemi_, or lesser book-keeping bureau, kept the
accounts of the head _Kapujis_, the stewards, and the marine.
12. The _Piadeh Mukabelesi Kalemi_, or bureau of control for the
infantry, kept the books of the Janissaries and the auxiliary corps of
the standing army.
13. The _Kuchuk Evkaf Muhasebesi Kalemi_, or lesser bureau of accounts of
religious endowments, kept the accounts of all pensioners and attendants
of the endowed public hospitals, soup-kitchens, insane asylums, and the
like.
14. The _Buyuk Kalaa Kalemi_, or greater bureau of fortresses, kept
record of the garrisons and of the militia who were liable for the
service of the fortresses of the Danube regions.
15. The _Kuchuk Kalaa Kalemi_, or lesser bureau of fortresses, kept like
records for fortresses in Albania and the Morea.
16. The _Maaden Mukataasi Kalemi_, or bureau of mine leases, kept
account of the tribute required from gipsies, of the receipts from gold
and silver mines in Europe and Asia, of the tributes from Moldavia and
Wallachia, and of the customs duties of Constantinople, Adrianople,
Smyrna, Gallipoli, Chios, and other places.[574]
17. The _Saliyaneh Mukataasi Kalemi_, or bureau of salaries, arranged the
yearly pay of the captains of the fleet, and of the Khan of the Crimea
and some of his officials.
18. The _Khaslar Mukataasi Kalemi_, or bureau of domanial leases, kept
the books of the domain lands whose revenues were assigned to the chief
ladies of the harem, including the _Sultana Valideh_ and the sultan’s
daughters, and to the high officials of the government.[575]
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