undermined old tax-farming rent sources. Money for the “New Revenue” system which was raised by reclaiming vacant tax farms for the state (Finkel 2005). The accumulation of capital had enabled local elites to challenge the centre, and they had no interest in giving up their power willingly. While some notables benefited from the reform, others, such as Tayyar Pasha, were excluded. The Janissaries became increasingly aware of the threats posed by the New Order to their privileges. In 1806, during the famous Edirne incident, local janissaries and notables joined to lynch a qadi who had come to recite an imperial decree announcing the deployment of New Order troops to the region. Janissaries also exploited general resentment over Westernisation and higher taxes to fund the New Order to gain popular support for the rebellion that would bring an end to the New Order in 1807. References Sources Ustun, Kadir. "The New Order and Its Enemies: Opposition to Military Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1789-1807" (PhD Diss. Columbia University, 2013) online. Politics of the Ottoman Empire Reform in the Ottoman Empire