Заповест о производњи шалитре у Румелији 1521. године

Srđan, Katić

Мешовита грађа

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0350-5650

https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=153197

2009-2021/10/14/10:00:22

Summary/Abstract: The order presented in this article concerns the saltpeter production in the eyalet of Rumelia. It was issued on renter’s request by a new sultan, Süleyman the Magnificent, in the year of 1521. The order addressed to sancakbeğs, kadis and subaşıs refers to both their and re‘aya’s obligations related to the saltpeter production. It shows that the whole quantity of produced saltpeter was being delivered into the gunpowder factory in Istanbul. Free sale of saltpeter and especially smuggling into the neighboring countries were strictly forbidden. Business with saltpeter was obviously very important for the Empire. All state officials in the provinces participated in it. Saltpeter was being exploited without consideration of the status and ownership of the land. Misuse or negligence was severely punished, usually by the death penalty. As we can see from the order, re‘aya did not accept the work on saltpeter excavation sites easily. There were cases of saltpeter deposits destruction by setting fire or by covering the ground with fresh cattle excrements.

lease, Ottoman Empire, Rumelia, saltpeter, XVI century