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The Timar System was a central institution in the Ottoman Empire that formed the foundation of its land organization and played a crucial role in the structuring of its military power. Similar practices had existed in earlier Islamic states such as the Great Seljuks, Anatolian Seljuks, and Anatolian Beyliks under the name "ikta," and in the Byzantine Empire under the name "pronoia." Although the origins of the timar system in the Ottoman Empire date back to the mid-fourteenth century, it became