ОСМАНСКИ ПОПИС ОВЧАРИНЕ И ТОРОВИНЕ У КАДИЛУКУ МАЛА ПОЖЕГА ИЗ 1596. ГОДИНЕ
OTTOMAN TAX REGISTER OF SHEEP AND FLOCK IN THE KAZA OF MALA POŽEGA DATING TO YEAR 1596

Summary/Abstract: The breeding of sheep and goats in the territory of today’s Serbia has a long tradition. Thanks to favourable geographical characteristics, this tradition was also preserved during the Middle Ages and the period of Ottoman rule. Since the Ottomans found highly developed sheep breeding in the territory oftoday’s Serbia, they immediately established an appropriate taxation system in order to collect revenues that were not negligible. Revenues from sheep and flock belonged basicaly to the State Treasury; however, it happened that the state transferred some of the revenues to certain people. In the territory of the kazâ of Mala Požega, 43 villages were breeding sheep and goats and the state collected a tax from them. The kazâ of Mala Požega included the largest part of today’s municipality of Lučani, and the following villages from today’s municipality of Ivanjica: Osonica, Lisa and Luke – the former Gornje and Donje Luke; from the municipality of Arilјe, the village of Cerova, and from today’s municipality of Požega, villages Gugalј and Tabanovići in the north and Lopaš, Pilatovići and Prilipac in the southeast of the municipality. From the spatial perspective, this is for the most part Gornje and Donje Dragačevo. The number of sheep and goats collected by taxation was 33,186 heads, which, given the territory of the kazâ, represents a significant number. The largest number of sm ll cattle was bred in the villages of Dubce and Lisa, where the tax amounted to 1,999 and 1,499 heads.

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