Chapter XX: Section I
The Province of Rúmeïli contains 24 Sanjaks, 1,227 Ziámets, 12,377 Timárs.
Bodin 17 Sanjaks, 278 Ziámets, 2,391 Timárs.
Ozi (Oczakov), 6 ditto 188 ditto 1,186 ditto
Bosnia, 7 ditto 150 ditto 1,792 ditto
Temesvar 6 ditto 190 ditto 1,090 ditto
Archipelago 15 ditto 73 ditto 1,884 ditto
Egra 9 ditto 1,081 ditto 4,000 ditto
—— 7 ditto 77 ditto 2,007 ditto
Kaffa 9 ditto (It has neither Ziámets nor Timárs).
Morea 5 ditto, but no Ziámets or Timárs.
Varadin 5 ditto.
Ardil (Transylvania) pays an annual tribute of 3,000 purses; as do also Aflák (Wallachia), and Bóghdán (Moldavia). The Crimea has no Ziámets or Timárs, but is governed by Kháns. Rodós (Rhodes) has five Sanjaks; Kubrus (Cyprus) seven, and Candia thirteen Sanjaks; making, in all, 167 Sanjaks, 3,306 Ziámets, and 37,379 Timárs.
Anatóli has 14 Sanjaks, 399 Ziámets, 5,589 Timárs.
Karman 7 ditto 68 ditto 2,211 ditto
—— 7 ditto 108 ditto 3,699 ditto
Miráish 4 ditto 29 ditto 215 ditto
Shám (Damascus), 2 ditto 138 ditto 1,865 ditto
Trabalós 4 ditto 63 ditto 571 ditto
Seida (Sidon) 4 ditto 94 ditto 995 ditto
Halep (Aleppo), has 5 Sanjaks, 99 Ziámets, 833 Timárs.
Adna 5 ditto 43 ditto 1,659 ditto
Roha 2 ditto 4 ditto 6,026 ditto
Díárbekr 12 ditto 926 ditto 926 ditto
Erzerúm 9 ditto 133 ditto 5,159 ditto
Trebizonde 2 ditto 56 ditto 398 ditto
Gurjístán (Georgia) has no Sanjaks, Ziámets, or Timárs.
Kars 6 Sanjaks, 1 Ziámet, 1,363 Timárs
Jíldir 13 ditto 49 ditto 689 ditto
Ván 24 ditto 46 ditto 2,695 ditto
Mosúl 3 ditto 66 ditto 1,004 ditto
Sheherzúl 21 ditto 15 ditto 806 ditto
Baghdád has no ziámet or timár, but is held on an annual lease, as are also Basrah and Lahsa: Yemen is governed by an Imám; Habesh (Abyssinia) is subject to a tributary Sultán; Mesr (Egypt), Jezáïr (Algiers), Tunis and Trabalos (Tripoli), are held by annual leases. There are in all 151 sanjaks, 1,571 ziámets, 41,286 timárs.
All the land of the Ottoman empire is divided into three parts: the khás humáyún, or crown lands; the lands given to the vezírs and begler-begs; and the lands divided into ziámets and timárs.
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