Evolution of the Timar System and Its Reforms (15th–17th centuries)

1. Ottomans expand Byzantine-style fiscal fiefs

   Jan 1, 1390Labels: T mar, T marl

   • Britannica
   • Sipahi

2. Interregnum consolidation renews timar-style grants

   Jan 1, 1413Labels: Mehmed I, Interregnum

   • Timar

3. Mehmed II issues early kanunnames

   Jan 1, 1451Labels: Mehmed II, Kanunnames

   • Britannica

4. Tahrir surveys formalize timar allocations in Bosnia

   Jan 1, 1468Labels: Tahrir defter, Bosnian Sanjak

   • POF article

5. Iltizam tax-farming begins under Mehmed II

   Jan 1, 1470Labels: Iltizam, Mehmed II

   • Britannica
   • Iltizam

6. Tapu-tahrir practice supports timar fiscal control

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Tapu, Tahrir practice

   • Tapu resmi
   • Timar

7. Selim I continues kanun-based administrative regulation

   Jan 1, 1512Labels: Selim I, Kanun

   • Britannica

8. Süleyman I expands and systematizes kanun legislation

   Jan 1, 1520Labels: S leyman, Kanun legislation

   • Britannica

9. Timar categories differentiate revenue scale of grants

   Jan 1, 1550Labels: T mar, Zeamet

   • Timar
   • Sipahi

10. Late 16th-century Celali unrest strains timar order

    Jan 1, 1595Labels: Celali rebellions, Anatolia

    • Celali

11. 17th-century reliance on tax farming grows

    Jan 1, 1650Labels: Iltizam, Av riz

    • AVES S
    • Britannica

12. Karlowitz marks major territorial-fiscal turning point

    Jan 26, 1699Labels: Treaty of, 1683 99

    • Britannica