O MU'AFIYET-U U BOSANSKOM EJALETU
MU'AFIYET IN BOSNIAN EYALET

Summary/Abstract: Mu'afiyet is the term coming from Osmanli feudal law and it means an exemption of any person of labour services and natural and financial givings under a general term 'avariz-i divanlye and tekalif-i ‘orfiye due to certain services rendered to the government, mostly of military nature. In the wider meaning this also means the exemption of some personal taxes that raya had to give to landowners (resmi cift, ispendže). The person freed from the mentioned givings and taxes was referred to as mu'af, or mu'af ve musellem.

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