Mukataa of Metsovo

The mukataa (mukata’a) was a tax district, according to the systems applied widely during the centuries of decline of the Ottoman state's fiscal mechanism. The Chora Metsovo was a mukataa, meaning a tax district, the proceeds of which were leased out to malikâne, or lifelong tenants of tax districts.

Mukataa of Metsovo

The mukataa (mukata’a) was a tax district, according to the systems applied widely during the centuries of decline of the Ottoman state's fiscal mechanism. The Chora Metsovo was a mukataa, meaning a tax district, the proceeds of which were leased out to malikâne, or lifelong tenants of tax districts.