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Ottoman land reform in the province of Baghdad / by Keiko Kiyotaki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiyotaki, Keiko, editor.
- Series:
- The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage 66.
- The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, 1380-6076 ; volume 66
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land reform--Iraq--Baghdad (Province)--History.
- Land reform.
- Taxes, Farming of--Iraq--Baghdad (Province)--History.
- Taxes, Farming of.
- Land tenure--Iraq--Baghdad (Province)--History.
- Land tenure.
- Iraq--History--1534-1921.
- Iraq.
- Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
- Turkey.
- Baghdad (Iraq : Province)--Relations--Turkey.
- Baghdad (Iraq : Province).
- Turkey--Relations--Iraq--Baghdad (Province).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Summary:
- In Ottoman Land Reform in the Province of Baghdad , Keiko Kiyotaki traces the Ottoman reforms of tax farming and land tenure and establishes that their effects were the key ingredients of agricultural progress. These modernizing reforms are shown to be effective because they were compatible with local customs and tribal traditions, which the Ottoman governors worked to preserve. Ottoman rule in Iraq has previously been considered oppressive and blamed with failure to develop the country. Since the British mandate government’s land and tax policies were little examined, the Ottoman legacy has been left unidentified. This book proves that Ottoman land reforms led to increases in agricultural production and tax revenue, while the hasty reforms enacted by the mandate government ignoring indigenous customs caused new agricultural and land problems.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Introduction
- The Province of Baghdad
- Agriculture
- Tax Farming and Public Finance
- Land Problems
- Land Reform
- Modifications of the Land and Tax Systems
- Land and Tax Systems during the British Occupation and Mandate Period
- The Decline of the Ottoman Legacy
- Conclusion
- Back Matter
- Lifetime and Short-Term Tax Farming
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-38434-0
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004384347 DOI
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