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This cash payment would be higher than the market value of the goods that were nominally required; for instance, during the campaigns on the eastern frontier in 1637-1638, the market price of barley was 23
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would be obliged to deliver supplies to where they were needed - in other words, they bore the transportation costs, which would otherwise be a large part of the cost of maintaining an army in the field.
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price. Over time, nüzül, sürsat, and istira were all transformed into extraordinary cash taxes on people living near the route travelled by the army.
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During the late 17th and early 18th century - a period of continuous warfare for the Ottoman Empire - these extraordinary taxes soon became routine.
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many Christian settlements were exempted from sürsat, apparently to discourage rebellion during warfare with neighbouring Christian kingdoms.
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When goods were provided rather than cash, they might also include firewood and food for horses, as well as food for the army itself. The
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was subject to a complex family of overlapping fees and exemptions; some favoured groups were exempt from sürsat, and in the
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Acun, Fatma (2002). "The Other Side of the Coin: Tax Exemptions within the Context of Ottoman Taxation History".
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ACCOUNTING METHOD USED BY OTTOMANS FOR 500 YEARS: STAIRS (MERDIBAN) METHOD
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was a form of food requisitioning with price controls, used by the
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to provide consumables for its armed forces. It was related to
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was basically the same obligation, but supposedly at
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An economic and social history of the Ottoman Empire
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Index

Sursat
Taxation
Ottoman Empire

Adet-i Ağnam
Adet-i deştbani
Ashar
Avarız
Bac-i pazar
Bedl-i askeri
Cizye
Cürm-ü cinayet
Damga resmi
Gümrük resmi
Haraç
Ihtisab
Ispendje
Istira
Maktu
Mururiye resmi
Muskirat resmi
Nüzül
Otlak resmi
Rav akçesi
Resm-i arusane
Resm-i bennâk
Resm-i bostan
Resm-i çift
Resm-i dönüm
Resm-i filori

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