REKONCEPTUALIZACIJA TRANSFORMACIJSKIH PROCESA NA PERIFERIJI OSMANSKOG CARSTVA: FILURIJA I PRIJELAZ NA REŽIM NATURALNE DESETINE U AGRARNOJ EKONOMIJI OSMANSKE BOSNE, C. 1699-1852.
TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES IN THE PERIPHERY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE REVISITED: THE FILURI TAX AND TRANSITION TO THE TITHE SYSTEM IN THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY OF OTTOMAN BOSNIA, C. 1699-1852

Summary/Abstract: This paper re-examines the dominant historiographic images on the transformation processes in the Ottoman Empire from the end of the 17th century to the early 1850s. Together with critically evaluating the main developments on this topic in the Ottoman studies, it argues that the ideas presented by the acclaimed contributors in this field are insufficient to explain all of the structural changes that occurred in the Ottoman state finance, and in the economies of the frontier regions. The author argues that the historiographic idea of what should be considered under the umbrella of transformation processes needs to be re-conceptualized and adjusted to the local financial contexts of the various regions of the Ottoman Empire. When speaking of the fiscal transformation in Ottoman Bosnia, it is necessary to take into account various governmental decisions to abolish the filûrȋ tax as well as the lump-sum payments, and to substitute them with the in-kind obligation—the tithe. Based on the unpublished primary sources, this paper suggests that the mentioned phenomena should be considered a part of a wider transformation process, with different historical phases. This research focuses upon its sequences that spanned from the end of the 17th century to the early 1850s. After explaining the political reasoning that stood behind the decision to revoke the filûri tax and to substitute it with the tithe, this paper researches and explains the consequences of the mentioned financial measure, starting from the structural changes in the provincial finances to the impact it had in the wider social and economic framework.

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