The provisioning of Istanbul with wheat in turbulent times : Yenisehir in Thessaly at the end of the 18th century
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In the following article the judicial records of Yenişehir (Larissa in
Greece) are studied in order to form an image of the difficult situation
prevailing in the Ottoman Empire in the last years of the 18th century as
concerns the issue of providing Istanbul with wheat. We find out that the
Ottoman government, just two years before the establishment of the zahire
nezareti (ministry of grain and provisions) as a drastic measure of coping with
the problem, was doing its best both by applying a strictly state-controlled
trade and by imposing a sort of taxes called mubaya‘at-i miriye.
Greece) are studied in order to form an image of the difficult situation
prevailing in the Ottoman Empire in the last years of the 18th century as
concerns the issue of providing Istanbul with wheat. We find out that the
Ottoman government, just two years before the establishment of the zahire
nezareti (ministry of grain and provisions) as a drastic measure of coping with
the problem, was doing its best both by applying a strictly state-controlled
trade and by imposing a sort of taxes called mubaya‘at-i miriye.
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