Database ID G5343
Database UUID: 7d3e077c-b4f1-44b2-8a36-519ccaf69d37
Name: Nisou
Transcribed name: Dizdar
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: Subdistrict of Kythrea
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Nisou
Νήσου
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Nisou Disdar Keuy
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 58,840.50
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
29,197.5 9,510.0 6,840.0 13,093.0
49.8% 16.2% 11.7% 22.3%
Dependent locations:
Modern name Ottoman name Value Percentage
Nisou (This record) 40,751 69.26%
Prusya Konsolosu Yakumetto'nun Karındaşı Baldo'nun Kızı Evmeniye Nasraniye'nin Çiftliği Prusya Konsolosu Yakumetto'nun Karındaşı Baldo'nun Kızı Evmeniye Nasraniye'nin Çiftliği 18,090 30.74%
Legend: Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
21.00
1,346.00
1.6%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
0.00
23.00
0.0%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
21.00
1,771.00
1.2%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
21.00
1,778.00
1.2%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
49.00
2,689.00
1.8%
Land (area in dönüm)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
1,887.50
58,633.43
3.2%
Land (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
29,197.50
1,041,522.50
2.8%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
13.00
868.00
1.5%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
23.00
1,594.00
1.4%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
542.00
8,499.00
6.4%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
23.00
1,553.00
1.5%
Trees (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
9,510.00
152,586.00
6.2%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
6,840.00
324,235.00
2.1%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
28.00
1,069.00
2.6%
Animals (number)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
827.00
19,093.00
4.3%
Animals (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
13,093.00
314,868.00
4.2%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
58,840.50
1,833,411.50
3.2%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Mustafa son of İsma'il
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 767.50
Hüseyin son of Yusuf
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 610.00
İbrahim son of Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 125.00
Osman son of Abdülkerim
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 440.00
Hüseyin son of İbrahim
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 1,090.00
Hasan son of Kasım
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 150.00
Hüseyin son of Mustafa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 1,165.00
Ali son of Abdüllatif
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 7,275.00
İsma'il son of İbrahim
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 1,610.00
Hüseyin son of Mustafa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Nisou 205.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 49 1,887.50 29,197.50
002   land with vegetation 4 393.00 9,450.00
003   non tree crop 4 389.50 6,307.50
004   cotton 1 87.00 4,750.00
005   Undefined cotton 1 87.00 4,750.00
006   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 1 87.00 4,750.00
007   vineyard 2 2.50 57.50
008   vineyard (bağ) 2 2.50 57.50
009   grains 1 300.00 1,500.00
010   grain field (eki̇n tarlasi) 1 300.00 1,500.00
011   fields, gardens and similar 2 6.00 3,200.00
012   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 2 6.00 3,200.00
013   Gardens, irrigation not specified 5 19.00 435.00
014   garden (bağçe) 5 19.00 435.00
015   Gardens, irrigated 2 6.00 3,200.00
016   garden with waterwheel and trees (dolaplı ve eşcarlı bağçe) 1 6.00 3,000.00
017   thriving garden with water-wheel well (dolab kuyusuyla mamur bağçe) 1 1.00 500.00
018   garden with running water (bağçe tarlası ma' ma-yi cari) 1 18.00 1,200.00
019   garden well with waterwheel (devha kuyusu ma' dolab) 1 200.00
020   Fields 19 1,135.00 6,575.00
021   Fields, irrigation not specified 19 1,135.00 6,575.00
022   field with garden (bağçe hafî tarla) 1 50.00 1,250.00
023   garden field (bağçe tarlasi) 1 300.00 1,000.00
024   field (tarla) 16 705.00 3,525.00
025   private field (hassa tarla) 1 80.00 800.00
026   other land use 16 13.00 9,650.00
027   threshing floor (harman) 12 13.00 150.00
028   threshing floor (harman yeri) 1 1.00 10.00
029   running/flowing water (ma-yi cari) 3 0.00 5,500.00
030   old water wheel with running water (kadim ma-yı cari dolaplık) 1 0.00 4,000.00
031   Uncultivated lands 2 306.00 1,530.00
032   Fallow lands 2 306.00 1,530.00
033   barren field (kiraç tarla) 2 306.00 1,530.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 13 542 9,510.00
002   Μulberry tree (all types) 2 70 170.00
003   mulberry trees (eşcar-ı dut) 1 10 50.00
004   mulberry trees (dut eşcarı) 1 60 120.00
005   olive tree (all types) 11 472 9,340.00
006   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 11 472 9,340.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 23 23 6,840.00
002   house (hane) 22 22 6,740.00
003   two-storey house (fevkani ve tahtani hane) 1 1 1,500.00
004   agricultural buildings 1 1 100.00
005   pen (mandıra) 1 1 100.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 28 827 13,093.00
002   Sheep and goats 10 801 6,568.00
003   sheep (agnam) 5 151 1,368.00
004   goat and sheep (keçi ve koyun) 4 635 5,080.00
005   sheep and goat (ağnam ve keçi) 3 295 2,360.00
006   sheep and goat (koyun ve keçi̇) 1 340 2,720.00
007   goat (keçi̇) 1 15 120.00
008   Bovidae 15 22 4,875.00
009   Oxen 15 22 4,875.00
010   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 12 16 4,000.00
011   ox (öküz) 3 6 875.00
012   Equidae 3 4 1,650.00
013   mule (katir) 3 4 1,650.00
This record was last edited on: Jan. 19, 2020, 10:50 p.m.
Geography Department of Harokopio University and Sylvia Ioannou Foundation (2021).. Economy, environment and landscape in the Cypriot longue durée: The 1832/33 Ottoman Property Survey of Cyprus. Geographic Location: Nisou. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5343/ on 08/03/2026.
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