DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10046835
title: Ottoman Plovdiv_geodataset

description: Ottoman Plovdiv Geodataset is a digital addition to the monograph Ottoman Plovdiv: Space, Architecture, and Population (14th–17th centuries) by Grigor Boykov, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, ISBN. Analyses and conclusions presented in the book are based on this dataset. 
The geodataset is created and curated by Dr. Grigor Boykov, Institute for East European History, University of Vienna. For contacts: grigor.boykov@univie.ac.at
Sources:
A variety of primary sources contributed to the creation of the dataset. Except for 30-Meter SRTM DEM, several historical plans of the city were harvested for features: Plan of Plovdiv and its surroundings by A. Jägerschmid, 1828 (National Library "Ivan Vazov," Plovdiv. Kp II 60); City plan of Plovdiv by Lejean, 1867. (Guillaume Lejean, "Voyage en Bulgarie," Le Tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages 26 (1873): 113–70); City plan of Plovdiv by Heinrich Kiepert, 1876. (Crop from Heinrich Kiepert, Karte des Sandjak Filibe (Philippopolis) aufgenommen nach Anordnung des dortigen Provinzial-Gouverneurs Mehemmed-Nusret-Pascha.); City plan of Plovdiv by Ferdinand v. Hochstetter, 1869. (Ferdinand von Hochstetter, "Reise durch Rumelien im Sommer 1869. 5. Philippopel," Mitteilungen der K. und K. Geographischen Gesellschaft in Wien 14 (1871): 65–80); City plan of Plovdiv by G. Ilinskij, 1878. (National Library "Ivan Vazov," Plovdiv. РЦ ІV 62); City plan of Plovdiv by Joseph Schnitter, 1891. Various Ottoman archival and narrative sources also contributed to creating the dataset. For detailed information about the source base of the dataset, please refer to the relevant section in Boykov's monograph. 
The geodataset consists of 33 layers. A brief information on each of the layers is provided below. For further information, please refer to the book. 
Layers:

Street polylines – created by manual feature extraction from Schmitter's 1891 plan in scale 1:5000.   
Street polygons – created by manual feature extraction from Schmitter's 1891 plan and partial data from Ilinskij's 1878 plan in scale 1:4200. 
Mahalle – defines urban quarters' boundaries, based on variety of sources (see the book). 
Density_1472 – presents the distribution of population densities per quarter in 1472, based on data from Ottoman tax register PD 17/27, Bulgarian National Library, Sofia. 
Density_1489 – distribution of population densities per quarter in 1489, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 26, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
Density_1516 – distribution of population densities per quarter in 1516, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 77, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
Density_1525 – distribution of population densities per quarter in 1525, based on data from Ottoman tax register MAD 519, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
Density_1530 – distribution of population densities per quarter in 1530, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 370, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
Density_1570 – distribution of population densities per quarter in 1570, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 494, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
Density_1596 – distribution of population densities per quarter in 1596, based on data from Ottoman tax register KuK 65, Cadaster Archive, Ankara and TD 648 and TD 1001, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
Density_1614 – distribution of population densities per quarter in 1614, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 729, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
TotalPop_1472 – presents the distribution of total population per quarter in 1472, based on data from Ottoman tax register PD 17/27, Bulgarian National Library, Sofia. 
TotalPop_1489 – distribution of total population per quarter in 1489, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 26, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
TotalPop_1516 – distribution of total population per quarter in 1516, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 77, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
TotalPop_1525 – distribution of total population per quarter in 1525, based on data from Ottoman tax register MAD 519, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
TotalPop_1530 – distribution of total population per quarter in 1530, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 370, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
TotalPop_1570 – distribution of total population per quarter in 1570, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 494, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
TotalPop_1596 – distribution of total population per quarter in 1596, based on data from Ottoman tax register KuK 65, Cadaster Archive, Ankara and TD 648 and TD 1001, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
TotalPop_1614 – distribution of total population per quarter in 1614, based on data from Ottoman tax register TD 729, Ottoman Archives, Istanbul (BOA).
Buildings_certain_location – polygons reflecting the location and shapes of certainly identifiable buildings from the Ottoman period.
Buildings_tentative_location – polygons of buildings from the Ottoman period, whose existence is attested by the written sources, but precise location and shape are uncertain.
Cemetery_Christian – the area of Christian graveyards, based on the plans of Schnitter and Ilinskij. 
Cemetery_Muslim – the area of Muslim graveyards, based on the plans of Schnitter and Ilinskij. 
Field – cultivated plots as reflected in the plans of Schnitter and Ilinskij.
Orchard – orchards as reflected in the plans of Schnitter and Ilinskij.
Forest – forests as reflected in the plans of Schnitter and Ilinskij.
Fountain – public fountains (çeşme) as reflected in the plan of Ilinskij.
Walls – reconstruction of the medieval walls of Plovdiv, based on observations and archaeological data
Swap – the tentative shape of the swamp at the southeastern edge of the city. 
Islands – islands on the Maritsa, based on the plan of Schnitter
Bridge – reconstruction of Lala Şahin's wooden bridge, based on the plan of Schnitter, visual sources, and archaeological data. 
Maritsa – the riverbed of the Maritsa before regulations, based on the plan of Schnitter. 
Contour – contour lines of the relief, extracted from 30-meter DEM.