Muhasil
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Muhasil (Turkish: muhassıl) was a title in the administration of the Ottoman Empire, for an official in charge of finance and taxes in the sanjak (second-level administrative unit), and also in some cases an official in charge of the collection of a specific tax (dubbed "tax farmer").[1]
- Provincial muhasil (muhassil-i emval): appointed by the Porte to assess and collect taxes in the sanjak on behalf of the Imperial treasury.[2] The Sultan came to confer the title to the Pasha of the Sanjak, as a tenure-long duty and right.[3]
- Tax farming (iltizām): the tax farm of a muqata'ah (land parcel) was issued to the highest bidder, the mīrī (state-controlled land) tax collection was entrusted to the mültezim (holder of iltizām) who was referred to as muhassıl.[4]