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Ottoman Timar Fief System

Type Object Region Anatolia Time c. 1350–1850

The timar was an Ottoman grant of land revenue to sipahis in exchange for military service and local order duties, forming the material base of the e…

Timeline

  1. c. 1383–1389Edirne · ThraceFrom his court at Edirne, Murad I granted timars over conquered lands, clarifying sipahi obligations to campaign and maintain local order, linking cavalry fiefs to central military needs.
  2. 1389–1392Serbia and Bulgaria border regions · Ottoman EmpireAfter the 1389 victory at Kosovo, the Ottomans granted lands in newly conquered Serbia, Bulgaria, and elsewhere as timars to sipahis, consolidating military control of the Balkans and mobilizing local cavalry.

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