Underwriting the Empire: Nizamiye Courts, Tax Farming and the Public Debt Administration in Ottoman Syria
Abstract This article investigates the role of the Ottoman Nizamiye Court of First Instance in conflicts over capital between public revenue agencies and tax farmers in the Syrian district of Homs at the turn of the twentieth century. The court’s records show that it adjudicated these conflicts in e...
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2019
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 374-404 |
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Ottoman Syria
B Debt B Credit B Nizamiye courts B Public Debt Administration B tax farming B Homs |
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