Avarız (ʿAwārıḍ) was an abbreviated term used in the Ottoman financial system to denote state levies (avarız-ı divaniye, ʿawārıḍ-i dīwāniyye) that were exacted by the central government in cash (awarız akçesi, ʿawārıḍ aqçesi) , kind, or services. The Ottoman administration collected avarız mainly to support military campaigns, but also imposed the levies for other purposes, such as maintaining the postal system, provisioning the imperial kitchen, guarding mountain passes, and repairing roads, bridges, and waterworks. Reportedly, the terms avarızat and avarız-ı divaniye appear in the documents of various Turkish