1579 Tarihli Mufassal Tahrir Defterine Göre Sigetvar Nahiyesi’nde Sosyal ve İktisadi Hayat

Abstract

Sigetvar is a fortress in Hungary and it was added to the Ottoman lands in 1566 as a result of the last expedition made by I. Suleyman. After being conquered, Sigetvar, a sanjak of Budin Province, later became a detached state. The purpose of this article is to provide information about the legal status and population of Muslim and non-Muslim reaya in Sigetvar in the light of the detailed book of 1579. Thus, with the transition of Sigetvar to Ottoman domination, here is to give information about the Ottoman domination organization. The main source of our work is the registered grand registry book with the number 138 in 1579 in the "Munich Collections" in the German Archive. On the first page of the book belonging to the III. Murad period, the phrase “Defter-i Mufasall-i Liva-i Sigetvâr bi- Dergâh-iÂli”islocated. This book contains detailed information about the administrative structure of Sigetvar, which was under Ottoman rule in 1579, population, settlement, products grown and taxes levied. As it is known, local history studies are very important in revealing the administrative organization, social and economic situation of a region.