THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TIMAR SYSTEM IN RUMELIA: THE TIMAR SYSTEM IN THE BORDER REGION OF ISA-BEG ISHAKOVIĆ (15TH CENTURY CASE STUDY)

• Main Author: EMA MİLJKOVİĆ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Osmanlı Mirası Araştırmaları Dergisi 2019-07-01
• Series: Journal of Ottoman Legacy Studies
• Subjects: border region; rumelia; isa-beg ishaković; 15th century; timar system; multi-level timar holding
• Online Access: http://www.osmanlimirasi.net/dergi//the-characteristics-of-the-timar-system-in-rumelia-the-timar-system-in-the-border-region-of-isa-beg-ishakovi-262-15th-century-case-study-pp-353-361201907101a2b4.pdf

In this paper would be shown, on the example of border region commanded by Isa-beg Ishaković, the example of the timar system in the Ottoman border regions of the old type, in Rumelia. The characteristic for this border region type is the multi level timar holding, which would be abandoned as a concept in the next decades. The examples of the border region of the new type, without multi level timar holdings are the provinces of Smederevo and Bosnia. For border region of Isa-beg Ishaković has been preserved the census book dated 1455. The detailed analysis of this register gives the possibility to make a picture about the land holding and social relations in this very importatnt region of the time.