avarız

Avariz was a property tax in the Ottoman Empire, an annual cash tax paid by households registered in a defter.

==History== In early Ottoman history, the state depended on the timar system of feudal dues; but over time - especially due to the need to hire professional soldiers rather than peasants serving a feudal military obligation - more emphasis was placed on cash taxes, and avarız took over from the timar system. Avarız began in the late fifteenth century.