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Sipahi |
 | | A sipahi was a person who had been granted with a fief, called timar, ziamet or hass. |
 | | Timar was the smallest land owned by a sipahi, and would give a yearly revenue of no more than 10,000 akçe, which would be 2- 4 times what a teacher earned. |
 | | A timar sipahi were obliged to provide the army with up to 5 soldiers, a ziamet with up to 20, and a hass with far more than 20. |
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