The Tax System of the Khiva Khanate Social Principles

Abstract

In this article, the issues of tax system, tax practice and its social principles of the Khiva Khanate Kungrad dynasty were studied on the basis of the documents of the Khiva Khanate archive. In determining the amount of taxation in the Khanate, it was clarified that the type of land ownership was taken into account, the newly assimilated lands had privileges in the matter of taxation. In various disasters and severe situations by the population, the Khan was sent petitions and asked to reduce or release taxes, and if the petition was justified, a positive solution was found, in this way, the social support of the residents of the Khanate.