Apart from dispensing with poll tax on non-Muslims ( jizya ) , the revolutionaries also abolished all feudal obligations in 1806 , only 15 years after the French revolution Change_of_leadership , peasant and serf emancipation thus representing a major social break with the past .

Prior to its fall Motion_directional , the city had evaded Escaping the fate of her neighbours by paying Giving tribute to the numerous fanatical ghazis , whose bands robbed Robbery and pillaged Committing_crime any who did not pay Commerce_pay protection money ( `` jizya '' ) , although the city was not officially under Islamic law .