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
There are in all Greece, that is, in all the countries which
the Turkish Signor possesses in Europe, sixty-eight thousand
villages of Turkish and Christian people, subject to public
burdens.[780]
There follow next six _Beylerbeys_ of Asia, and a separate
one of Egypt. The first of these is called the _Beylerbey_ of
Anatolia which was anciently Asia Minor: he has from feudal
income fourteen thousand ducats, but gets a great deal more.
This man has under him and in his government Pontus, Bithynia,
Asia proper, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia: these provinces under a
single name are called at present Anatolia. This man’s place at
the Porte is after the _Beylerbey_ of Greece. And he has under
him, besides his own slaves, who are more than a thousand,
twelve _Sanjaks_ with feudal income of from four to six
thousand ducats each. Ten thousand _Spahis_, with five to ten
aspers a day, and also more or less feudal income according to
their degree. Next after these follows
The _Beylerbey_ of Caramania, which was anciently Cilicia and
Pamphylia, with feudal income of ten thousand ducats. This man
has under him seven _Sanjaks_ with four to six thousand ducats
of feudal income each, and five thousand _Spahis_, with five to
ten aspers a day each and feudal income besides.
The _Beylerbey_ of Amasia and Tokat, which was Cappadocia and
Galatia, with feudal income of eight thousand ducats. Four
_Sanjaks_ with four to six thousand ducats of feudal income
each. Four thousand _Spahis_ with five to ten aspers a day each
and feudal income.
The _Beylerbey_ of Anadole, which is a region between Syria,
Caramania, and Tokat, which was anciently Paphlagonia, and
is the half of Armenia Minor. He has ten thousand ducats of
feudal income, and under him seven _Sanjaks_ with four to five
thousand ducats of feudal income. Seven thousand _Spahis_, with
five to ten aspers per day and feudal income. In this province
of Anadole, they say that when the Signor is there, besides the
paid troops thirty thousand persons are obliged to ride without
any pay, but only with expenses from the villages.
The _Beylerbey_ of Mesopotamia, under whom is the remainder of
Armenia Minor and part of the Major, the other parts belonging
to the Persians and the Kurds. This borders with Bagdad, or
Baldach, which was anciently Babylonia. He has of feudal income
thirty thousand ducats: and besides his own slaves, who number
two thousand, he has under him twelve _Sanjaks_ with feudal
income of four to six thousand ducats a year, and ten[781]
_Spahis_ with ten to fifteen aspers per day each, and with
large feudal income because of being at the confines of the
Persians: with these they are continually in conflict.
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