Avarice Tax
Avarises were extraordinary monetary and in-kind taxes and duties collected in the Ottoman Empire during the 15th - 19th centuries. They included monetary taxes, forced seizures or requisitions of food and handicrafts, state duties (forced labor and requisitions of cars and livestock).
Awariz is not sanctioned by the Sharia and was originally collected exceptionally and in connection with some specific occasion, for example a military campaign. They were introduced in the 15th century, during the time of Sultan Mehmed II, for the needs of the central government and for the local regional governors (valiyas). Collected at first irregularly, in the 17th century they were already required every year and grew in size and type. Special tax units (avariz inns) were created, including from 3 to 15 households, and from each avariz inn the amount determined for the respective application of the tax was collected. Many groups of subjects are exempted from paying avariz - military, Muslim clerics, residents of waqf settlements, people with special obligations (derventjis, koprujis, and others).
As inflation reduces the real amount of regular taxes over time, the savings increase in importance and they begin to be collected frequently and grow in size. The Bulgarian population resisted them.
Avarises were abolished in the mid-19th century during the Tanzimat.