Inbaşi, Mehmet (2001) The register of expenditures of Murat IV's Bagdad campaign. Acta Orientalia, 54 (4). pp. 497-508. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
This study analyses the expenditures made during Sultan Murat IV's (1623-1640) Bagdad campaign. Bagdad was under the rule of the Safevi state sduring that period. The Ottomans lost Bagdad as a result of Bekir Subasi's revolt. Sultan Murat's Bagdad campaign started on April 8, 1638 and lasetd 191 days. There are a lot of documents concerning in the campaign in the Ottoman archives in Istanbul. Data in the register of expenditures number 169 were evaluated in this study. It is known that during such campaigns the taxpaying population had to deliver food to the Ottoman army in the form müzül and sürsat. Among these, barely, flour, bread, peksimet, butter and honey take the first place. They cost 2,824,523 akçe in 1638, this being only a part of all expenditures.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
| Depositing User: | xKatalin xBarta |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2017 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Dec 2021 00:15 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/47223 |
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