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Excerpt from Turkey Old and New, Vol. 2: Historical, Geographical and Statistical IN the new Situation which the Peace of Carlowitz had placed the Ottoman Empire, Kupruli Hussein, surnamed Me Wise, comprehended the necessity of reforms, and followed, with regard to the Christian subjects, the ex ample of Kupruli ate Virtuous. Immediately after the sig nature of the Peace of Carlowitz, he granted to the inhabitants of Servia and the Banat exemption from the capitation tax for the current year; in Roumelia, he for gave the rayahs a million and a half of contributions in arrears; in Syria, he gave them freedom of pasturage for their flocks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.