Zeamet
Encyclopedia
A Zeamet was the appellative given to a land in the timar
system during the Ottoman Empire
between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, that had a tax revenue with an annual value between 20 000 and 100,000 akçe
s. The revenues produced from the land acted as compensation for military services.
Timar
Timar is a land granted by the Ottoman sultans between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, with a tax revenue annual value of less than 20 000 akçes. The revenues produced from land acted as compensation for military service. A Timar holder was known as a Timariot...
system during the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, that had a tax revenue with an annual value between 20 000 and 100,000 akçe
Akçe
thumb|250px|AkçeA silver coin, the akçe was the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire. The word "akçe" is derived from the Greek "" , the name of a Byzantine silver or billon coin, current in the region that eventually became the Ottoman Empire. The akçe is hence often called asper in English...
s. The revenues produced from the land acted as compensation for military services.