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Otlak resmi was atax onpasture land in theOttoman Caliphate. It was paid annually byherdsmen during the cold season (zemheri), to thetimar holder or directly to the treasury,[1] in return for the right to let their livestock graze on open pasture.
It could prove quite difficult to enforce otlak resmi (and other taxes) onnomadic farmers in border areas, who might try to play one state's tax-collector off against the other.[2]
Otlak resmi was adivani tax.