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(now historical) A senior public official under the Ottoman Empire charged with tax collection..
The Mohassil, in return, pays a visit to the Consul, and is received with much pomp and the Consular house.
Ibrahim Pasha, in addition to being governor of the holy cities, was made, on the 3rd of May, 1833, mohassil, or collector of the revenues of Adana.
It was a promotion in status, the Pasha being next in rank to the Grand Vezir and therefore more important than a Muhassil; but this was of course no guarantee of better government.
A document sent to Istanbul by the muḥaṣṣıl of Aleppo in the 1790s clearly states that French bills of exchange had been purchased against payment of a ‘premium’ […].
Use muhassil when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Muhassil means (now historical) A senior public official under the Ottoman Empire charged with tax collection..
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The Mohassil, in return, pays a visit to the Consul, and is received with much pomp and the Consular house.
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