Ottoman Chrysochou (mid-19th century)
By: edited by Evangelia Balta
Contributors: Aydın, Veli, contributor; Bayram, Selahattin, 1963- contributor; Moiras, Leonidas, contributor
Edition: First edition.
Series: History -- 285; Tarih dizisi (Libra Kitapçılık ve Yayıncılık) -- 285.
Publisher: Libra Kitapçılık ve Yayıncılık
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Osmanbey, İstanbul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9786057884053
Subjects: Sources; Population; History; Social conditions; Taxation; Economic conditions; Economic history; 15.75 history of Asia
Other titles: Ottoman Chrysochou (mid-nineteenth century)
Description: "This volume presents the thirteen 19th-century fiscal censuses of the district of Hrisofi (Chrysochou) on the north-western side of Cyprus and joins the other two editions containing the censuses of the neighbouring kazas of Kouklia and Paphos released in 2015 and 2016 respectively. It covers the period from 1825 to 1848. The sources, although concerning taxation, trace the demographic and social status of the population in the mid-19th century, providing opportunities for further comparisons with sources of this type, both older and newer. Research fields can therefore be extended to other periods too, and can be directed at exploring issues that explain conversions to Islam, population movements, etc. The fiscal registers we examined reveal the picture that emerges from official administrative data of the Ottoman Empire, a picture that is no different from that described by Western travellers who visited the island, inspired by an interest in its glorious past in antiquity."-- Back cover.
Notes: Includes glossary.

"Contributors: Veli Aydın, Evangelia Balta, Selahattin Bayram, Leonidas Moiras"--Unnumbered page vii.

"The book is a product of the 'Ottoman Cyprus' Research Project, which was launched in 2010 as part of the Programme of Ottoman Studies at the Institute of Historical Research (National Hellenic Research Foundation). The priority and main concern of this research project is to publish archival material and original studies which deal with topics from the Ottoman period on the island. The studies published to date are as follows: Histories of Ottoman Larnaca, (eds) Evangelia Balta, Theoharis Stavrides, Ioannis Theocharides, Istanbul, The Isis Press, 2012. Festschrift in Honor of Ioannis P. Theocharides. Studies on Ottoman Cyprus, vol. I, (eds) Evangelia Balta, Georgios Salakidis, Theoharis Stavrides, The Isis Press, Istanbul, 2014. Evangelia Balta, Mustafa Oğuz, Ali Ef dal Özkul, Kouklia in Nineteenth Century Cyprus, on the Ruins of a once Glorious Paphos,(ed.) Evangelia Balta, The Isis Press, Istanbul, 2015. Evangelia Balta, Ottoman Paphos. Population, Taxation and Wealth (mid-19th Century), The Isis Press, Istanbul, 2016."--Title-verso page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-481) and index.

In English; includes registers in Greek and Ottoman Turkish (in romanization; facsimiles in Arabic script).