The terms of Moldavian submission were further regulated by a firman signed by the sultan Suleiman at Budapest in 1529 by which the yearly present or backshish, as the tribute was euphoniously called, was fixed at 4000 ducats, 40 horses and 25 falcons, and the voivode was bound at need to supply the Turkish army with a contingent of r000 men. [Please select]
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One device adopted by the 'king for wringing money from his wealthy subjects was what was euphoniously termed _Benevolences_.' [Please select]
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