The Ottoman domains meanwhile suffer attacks from…
November 1594 CE
The Ottoman domains meanwhile suffer attacks from Dnieper Cossacks by land and sea.
Under Murad, nepotism, heavy taxes necessitated by the long wars, and inflation, aggravated by the influx of cheap South American silver from Spain, all have contributed to the decline of the major Ottoman administrative institutions.
The timar (fief) system suffers dislocation when the peasants, because of high taxes, are forced to leave their lands.
Because of a policy of indiscriminate recruitment into the Janissary corps, what had been a highly effective elite force has degenerated into a body of ruffians that threaten the urban and rural populations.