Ilkhanate Tax Reform

Timeline

1. 1323–1325Ilkhanate central fiscal office · IranAfter Abu Sa'id's accession he continued the fiscal consolidation begun under Ghazan and Öljaitü, re-verifying the tax registers of the provinces, restricting excessive levies by military nobles, and pushing land and commercial taxes toward settlement in silver coins such as the dirham, reducing arbitrary conversion of in-kind tribute.
2. 1328–1330Provinces of the Persian heartland · IranAmid the influence of military strongmen such as Chupan on court politics, the center still attempted to stabilize fiscal revenue by adjusting the allocation of tax-farming rights and caps on tax rates; by the late 1320s tax reform had become a key institutional tool for balancing the khan's power, the nobility, and the peasants' burden.