Ihtisab
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ihtisab-255-456040
title:
Ihtisab
text:
Ihtisab, or ihtisap was a type of tax on markets in the Ottoman Empire; the muhtasib or ihtisap ağasi - the ihtisab collector - had a broader role in regulating and taxing markets under the authority of the kadı. The ihtisab seems to mainly have been a "daily opening tax", where Shopkeepers would pay each day their shop was open. It was seen as a source of substantial income; people would "buy" the position of ihtisap ağasi from the bey, in order to collect the market tax. This was a form of tax
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Tax on merchants in the Ottoman Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihtisab
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date modified:
2023-12-28T11:49:29Z
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