The Present State of Turkey: Or, A Description of the Political, Civil, and Religious Constitution, Government, and Laws, of the Ottoman Empire; the Finances, Military and Naval Establishments; the State of Learning, and of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts; the Manners and Domestic Economy of the Turks and Other Subjects of the Grand Signor, &c., &c. Together with the Geographical, Political, and Civil, State of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. From Observations Made, During a Residence of Fifteen Years in Constantinople and the Turkish Provinces, 2 tomasJ. Mawman, 1809 - 436 psl. |
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... : those of the miri are generally estimated at three millions three hundred and seventy - five thousand pounds sterling , com * See Cantemir , p . 56 , note 23 . munibus annis * . schedule of the revenue in greater B 2 3.
... : those of the miri are generally estimated at three millions three hundred and seventy - five thousand pounds sterling , com * See Cantemir , p . 56 , note 23 . munibus annis * . schedule of the revenue in greater B 2 3.
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... millions of livres , besides 50 millions from the revenues of mosques and from casual sources . Motraye ( t . i , p . 255 ) calculates the total receipts of both treasuries at 36,000,000 of piastres , or 9,000,0001 . sterling ...
... millions of livres , besides 50 millions from the revenues of mosques and from casual sources . Motraye ( t . i , p . 255 ) calculates the total receipts of both treasuries at 36,000,000 of piastres , or 9,000,0001 . sterling ...
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... millions , is called harémeïnn dolaby , and is deposited in the seraglio under the care of the kislar aga , and strictly guarded . It is wrong to represent these treasures as " sums taken from the active and efficient capital of the ...
... millions , is called harémeïnn dolaby , and is deposited in the seraglio under the care of the kislar aga , and strictly guarded . It is wrong to represent these treasures as " sums taken from the active and efficient capital of the ...
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... millions sterling , is not paid into the imperial treasury : the greater part is detained in the provinces , and regularly accounted for among the expenses property- tax , @ustoms , of administration , and keeping 13.
... millions sterling , is not paid into the imperial treasury : the greater part is detained in the provinces , and regularly accounted for among the expenses property- tax , @ustoms , of administration , and keeping 13.
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... million and a half of piastres ; there- fore , on taking six piastres as the medium contribution , and one rayah in four as sub- ject to this tax , we shall find , that the num- ber of tributary ... millions of piastres , which 20.
... million and a half of piastres ; there- fore , on taking six piastres as the medium contribution , and one rayah in four as sub- ject to this tax , we shall find , that the num- ber of tributary ... millions of piastres , which 20.
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The Present State of Turkey– Or, A Description of the Political ..., 2 tomas Thomas Thornton Visos knygos peržiūra - 1809 |
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