And Allah heareth and knoweth all things." (26) The people in the conquered lands were free to remain and practice their religion when they accept the rule of Islam and pay a special tax (called
cizye) for the security of their life and property.
With the above Table 2, it is possible to evaluate the shares of virgu,
cizye, asar, customs revenues and agnam duty of three financial years within the budget revenues.
(71) Rusya ile savasin uzun surmesi sebebiyle harap olan Eflak ve Bogdan'da iki sene
cizye vergisinin alinmamasi hususunda Temmuz 1776 tarihli belge icin bakiniz.
This transformation had an immediate positive effect on their economic status--the new Muslims stopped paying
Cizye tax.
Vezir-i a'zam Koprili-zade Fazil Ahmed Pasaya bir kaside-i garra nazm idup pesen-dide-i asafiolmagla mukabelesinde ol 'asra mahsus olan
cizye kitabetini ..." (ALTUNER 1989:658).