TRENDEFRAtlas of the Sultans · Glossary
Term · Finance and economy
Also known as: tithe, aşar
The tax on agricultural produce; its name means “one tenth”.
The öşür was the main tax taken from the peasant's harvest; although the rate varied by region and crop, its name comes from “one tenth”. Most of a sipahi's revenue in the timar system came from it. Under the name aşar it continued to be collected until the first years of the Republic.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, article “ÖŞÜR” (in Turkish); text condensed for the atlas.