Tapu (also Tabu) was a permanent lease of
state-owned
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arable land to a peasant family in the
Ottoman Empire. The term was also used to indicate the title deed that certified tapu rights.
In Palestine, the Turkish word "tapu" was pronounced "tabu" by the Arabs,
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The family head acquired the usufruct of the land and was able to transmit
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this right to his male descendants upon his death. In return, he pledged to cultivate the land on a continuous basis and to meet a series of fiscal requirements and obligations to fulfill specific services to the state or to the '' sipahi''s.
Tapu is the basis of the Ottoman agrarian system revolving around family-scale units called ''çifthane''.
See also
*Economic history of the Ottoman Empire
The economic history of the Ottoman Empire covers the period 1299–1923. Trade, agriculture, transportation, and religion make up the Ottoman Empire's economy.
The Ottomans saw military expansion of currency, more emphasis on manufacturing and ...
* Tax farming
* Timar
* Israeli land and property laws
References
External links
İNALCIK & QUATAERT, ''An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914'', Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994. {{ISBN, 0-521-34315-1
Land management in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman law