Ottoman fiefs held no seigneurial rights, leaving peasants freer on the land

Evidence

In the wars of conquest, a large part of the old landowning aristocracy was destroyed and their ownerless estates were incorpo­ rated into the Ottoman feudal system and granted as fiefs to Ottoman soldiers. Under the Ottoman order, the fief-holder was concerned only with revenue and had no seigneurial rights. Thus, the peasants enjoyed far greater freedom on their farms than previously, while the operation of Ottoman law prevented both the fragmentation and the concentration of land-ownership. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 638

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the general theme of land tenure and peasant status; echoes the contrast between revenue-focused holdings and lords with jurisdiction seen in other historical treatments of feudalism. — connects to: Feudalism featured no commodified land or labor and no economic choices. — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 97