Price of Wheat (in Ottoman Tax Registers) in Standard Units

See the file CONVERTING UNITS USED IN OTTOMAN TAX REGISTERS (TAHRİR DEFTERLERİfor the rates of conversion.

Region

Year

Price in Tax Register

Unit

Standard Price per (Winchester) Bushel

Bursa (Hüdavendigār)

1487

60

mud

5.2

Bursa (Hüdavendigār)

1521

70

mud

6.0

Bursa (Hüdavendigār)

1573

100

mud

8.6

Estergom

1570

12

kile

12.4

Novigrad

1570

12

kile

9.3

Budapest

1546

10

kile

10.3

Budapest

1562

12

kile

12.4

Srem

1566

14

kile

14.4

Gyula

1567

10

kile

10.3

Gyula

1579

11

kile

11.3

Trikala

1454

8

kile

3.3

Herzegovina

1477

24

 

3.1

 

Evia Island

1474

20

himl

2.6

Çemişgezek

1518

8

kile

8.2

Çemişgezek

1541

9

kile

9.3

Çemişgezek

1566

12

kile

12.4

Mardin

1564

3

kile

12.4

Maraş

1563

10

kile

10.3

Malatya

1560

5

kile

10.3

Antep

1536

5

kile

5.2

Antep

1543

6

kile

6.2

Antep

1574

9

kile

9.3

Erbil

1542

90

tagar

9.3

Ajlun

1538

130

ghirara

5.4

Ajlun

1596

140

ghirara

5.8

Gaza

1596

250

ghirara

5.2

Lajjun

1538

120

ghirara

5.0

Lajjun

1596

140

ghirara

5.8

Nablus

1596

710

ghirara

6.8

Hawran

1596

150

ghirara

6.2

Jerusalem

1596

500

ghirara

6.9

Safad

1596

130

ghirara

5.4