Output taxes consisted of the tithes (osur) applying primarily to grains, legumes, and fibers.
The tithe was considered to be an arrangement by ' divine right ', which could not be altered.
Rising agricultural prices were partly responsible for some of the increase in the tithe rent.
The heaviest of these local assessments, however, was the tithe.
If tithe rent can be taken as a proxy for agricultural productivity, there was a period of marked progress after 1799.
As already noted, tithe-collectors in the various priory vills were usually regular officials who were paid expenses for the extra seasonal work.
Locally organized zakat committees redistribute to the needy the mandatory tithe that they collect throughout the year.
In many cases peace was only restored when a promise of some kind of tithe abatement had been extracted.
