Administrative_organisation Ottoman_Bulgaria

the ottomans reorganised bulgarian territories, dividing them several vilayets, each ruled sanjakbey or subasi accountable beylerbey. significant parts of conquered land parcelled out sultan s followers, held benefices or fiefs (small timars, medium ziyamet , large hases) directly him, or beylerbeys. category of land not sold or inherited, reverted sultan when fiefholder died. lands organised private possessions of sultan or ottoman nobility, called mülk , , economic base religious foundations, called vakιf, other people. bulgarians regularly paid multiple types of taxes, including tithe ( yushur ), capitation tax (jizyah), land tax ( ispench ), levy on commerce, , various irregularly collected taxes, products , corvees ( avariz ).