SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE IN BA MAK I DURING XIXth CENTURY

The present study aims at setting forth the social and economic structure of Ba mak village near the town of Dazk r in the sanjak of Kütahya connected to the province of Hüdavendigar, in the mid of XIXth century making use of the "temettuat registers" of Ba mak and of A a Quarter numbered 7697 and 7702. Although it is possible to categorize the income of the inhabitants of Ba mak as agriculture, animal husbandry, professions etc. , in fact the villagers mainly lived on agriculture and animal husbandry. The families in Ba mak paid two kinds of taxes: speacial tax and tithe. This study will primarily try to put forward the professions of the villagers and their activities of agriculture and animal husbandry, and then will focus on their income, as well as the taxes they had paid and tax loads.