direct Ottoman control. The Ottoman state also desired to centralize the sultan's authority by removing the feudal system and aristocratic elements from dominating the empire.

Power and conditions

Within the Timar system the state gave Timar holders, including the Sipahis, the authority to control of arable lands, vacant lands or land possessed by peasants, wastelands, fruit trees, forests or waters within the Timar territory. The Sipahis employed agents or surrogates called Kethüda, Vekil,

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