Turkish term for a system of land management in the Ottoman Empire
For other uses, see Chiflik (disambiguation).
Ali Pasha of Ioannina, one of the more powerful Chiflik rulers
Chiflik, or chiftlik (Ottoman Turkish: Çiftlik; Albanian: çiflig; Bulgarian: чифлик, chiflik; Macedonian: чифлиг, čiflig; Greek: τσιφλίκι, tsiflíki; Serbian: читлук/čitluk), is a Turkish term for a system of land management in the Ottoman Empire. Before the chiflik system the Empire used a non-hereditary form of land management called the timar system. As the Empire began to collapse, powerful military officers started to claim land from the sultan's holding allowing them to pass the land onto their sons, thus creating the chiflik system. This form of land management lasted from the 16th century until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1919.
Dolni Chiflik (Bulgarian: Долни чифлик [ˈdɔɫni t͡ʃifˈlik], lit. 'lower farm', Turkish: Aşağı Çiftlik) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Varna...
Zaim Chiflik (Bulgarian: Заим чифлик) is a former village in the Gotse Delchev Municipality, Blagoevgrad District, Bulgaria. The village was situated...
Piperkov Chiflik is a village in Kyustendil Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed Dec 27, 2014 42°16′27″N...
Dolni Chiflik Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Долни чифлик) is a municipality (obshtina) in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its...
Novi Chiflik is a village in Kyustendil Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed Dec 27, 2014 42°16′09″N 22°48′30″E...
their superiority the Ottomans seized the position at the Doganarslan Chiflik and began to surround the left wing of the 22nd Infantry Regiment. The...
Bulgaria. Its northern border is with the municipalities of Byala and Dolni Chiflik, its western border — with the municipality of Pomorie, and its eastern...
which they had borrowed from the Eastern Romans during their conquests. Chiflik Dynatoi Timar "Economics in Late Byzantine World," from Foundation of the...
gentleman, a title indicating a high social status Chiflik Rulers: Compared to Christian feudal system the chiflik rulers controlled land holdings. These land...
Shkorpilovtsi (Bulgarian: Шкорпиловци) is a small village and sea resort in Dolni Chiflik Municipality on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located only 100 m away...
Dobrotino (before 1934: Dag chiflik) is a mountainous roadside village in Gotse Delchev Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. The village is...
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