The vacant tax resources in Diyarbekir province [such as] those fiefs (timars) and tax units (mukataas) that remained [vacant] after the Zirkî begs’ [exile] along with the fiefs granted to the male slaves (gılman) of the Amid fortress, have been seized by the Mansure treasury and converted to tax-farms. However, the Diyarbekir province has long been under the control of the Kurds (ekrad). As a result, it has not been possible to accurately determine what regulations are needed, and [what] the various vacant [holdings] are … Should one wish to seize and tithe each of these tax-farms, since the inhabitants of this area are like animals (hayvana benzer adamlar) unaccustomed to being governed, they would not take easily such an arrangement. For instance, if there are a few tax units in a district, and if each unit is granted to a tax farmer, he would set out to tithe [the inhabitants] separately and their [demand for] food and fodder would be a burden on the poor [commoners]. Thus, these ungovernable people would not be able to tolerate too many officers. [In this way], [even if] part of the province is brought under control, another part will be in disorder, and there will not be a time without disorderliness.