According to the book “A Historical And Economic Geography Of Ottoman Greece: The Southwestern Morea in the 18th Century” by Fariba Zarinebaf, John Bennet and Jack L. Davis:
To finance its war efforts, the Ottoman state relied heavily on revenues
from the cizye (poll tax) collected directly by the central treasury.
Therefore, it generally did not support forced conversion of the non-Muslim
reaya. The social pressure to convert must have been considerable, however,
in areas where the majority of the population was Muslim. Furthermore,
an increase in the amount of the cizye must also have indirectly
encouraged conversion in the second half of the 16th century. An imperial
order issued to the kadi of the districts of Manafge and Modon on 19
Zilkade 978/March 1570 stated that there were illegal attempts by taxfarmers
to collect cizye from converts who were timar-holders and who
had been serving in the Ottoman army for fifteen years. From this report
it is clear that local Christians converted to Islam to enter the ranks of the
military to avoid the payment of taxes. But it is also obvious that tax collectors
and tax-farmers resented the tax-exempt privileges of the converts
Glossary:
cizye - Islamic poll tax imposed on a non-Muslim
household
reaya—productive groups (peasants, merchants, artisans)
subject to taxes, in contrast to askeri (q.v.)
(military), who were tax-exempt
Zilkade—Dhu al-Qi’dah, the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months in Islam during which warfare is prohibited, hence the name ‘Master of Truce’.
timar—prebend in the form of state taxes in return for
regular military service, conventionally less than
20,000 akçes (q.v.) in value
According to the book “A Historical And Economic Geography Of Ottoman Greece: The Southwestern Morea in the 18th Century” by Fariba Zarinebaf, John Bennet and Jack L. Davis:
Glossary:
cizye - Islamic poll tax imposed on a non-Muslim household
reaya—productive groups (peasants, merchants, artisans) subject to taxes, in contrast to askeri (q.v.) (military), who were tax-exempt
kadi—Muslim judge
Zilkade—Dhu al-Qi’dah, the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months in Islam during which warfare is prohibited, hence the name ‘Master of Truce’.
timar—prebend in the form of state taxes in return for regular military service, conventionally less than 20,000 akçes (q.v.) in value