Assertion: empire's right | /r/CapableOf | collect tax
Facets:
value: directly
type: MANNER
value: from its subjects
type: OTHER
value: in adana
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Mohammad Ali agreed to abandon his claim to the throne, in exchange for which he was made the vali of the vilayets (provinces) of Crete, Aleppo, Tripoli, Damascus and Sidon (the latter four comprising modern Syria and Lebanon), and given the right to collect taxes in Adana.
text: But the empire itself had no right to collect taxes directly from its subjects; the only incomes fully under federal control were the customs duties, common excise duties, and the revenue from postal and telegraph services.