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to build them. The villagers paid taxes to the feudal lord mainly
in the form of the product. The peasants were the bulk of the
population in Azerbaijan. They were considered layers of tax-
payers to the state. Craftsmen and merchants belonged to this
class too. The population was divided into four social classes in
the state of Sassanid:
priests, warriors, clerks and tax-
payers. The layers of tax-payers paid
life (gezit) and
land
(kharaq) taxes.
There were distinct features between feudal relations in
Azerbaijan and the feudalism in European countries. So that,
the feudal lords almost did not have personal farms. It was not
convenient for them to set up the farm. Because it was
necessary to put a great expense at the farm that required an
artificial irrigation. Under such circumstances, the feudal lord
had no need of making an extensive use of the depending
villager’s labor. The feudal lord was satisfied by taking
products or cash payments from the villager who was engaged
in his own private sector. Therefore the feudal lord was more
interested in getting a payment from the villager. The villagers
were not personally dependent, i.e. serf in Azerbaijan. The
feudal society covered the period of the end of the
V century
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