title: Mülk
text: # Mülk
  
  Mülk was a type of land unit under the Ottomans.
  
  ## Characteristics of mülk
  
  Mülk was similar to freehold land; owners could buy, sell, and mortgage freely. It was exempt from some kinds of land taxes. Mülk was about more than just the land; it might also include the right to annual malikane payments from tenants and farmers.
  
  ## Context
  
  In much of the near east, mülk can be contrasted against miri, which was effectively state-controlled land (perhaps a former mülk forfeited to the state when the owner had no heir to pass it on to).
  
  In some ways, mülk was similar to waqf property.
  
  ## Related concepts
  
  * çiftlik
  * Iltizam
  * Tapu resmi
  * Sinirname
  * Malikane
  * Miri
  * mawat: Dead land, or wilderness.
  