Database ID G5374
Database UUID: 75c592f8-a08b-4ee3-815c-2341894cba5d
Name: Geri
Transcribed name: Yeri
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: Subdistrict of Kythrea
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Geri
Γέρι
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Yeri
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 35,936.00
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
19,824.0 1,000.0 4,540.0 10,572.0
55.2% 2.8% 12.6% 29.4%
Dependent locations:
Modern name Ottoman name Value Percentage
Geri (This record) 31,056 86.42%
Lefkoşa sakinlerinden Zaim İbrahim Veled-i Mustafa Çiftliği Lefkoşa sakinlerinden Zaim İbrahim Veled-i Mustafa Çiftliği 4,880 13.58%
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:
25.00
1,771.00
1.4%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
25.00
1,778.00
1.4%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
61.00
2,689.00
2.3%
Land (area in dönüm)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
2,863.75
58,633.43
4.9%
Land (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
19,824.00
1,041,522.50
1.9%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
18.00
868.00
2.1%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
30.00
1,594.00
1.9%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
94.00
8,499.00
1.1%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
31.00
1,553.00
2.0%
Trees (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
1,000.00
152,586.00
0.7%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
4,540.00
324,235.00
1.4%
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
23.00
1,069.00
2.2%
Animals (number)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
876.00
19,093.00
4.6%
Animals (value in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
10,572.00
314,868.00
3.4%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
Subdistrict of Kythrea:
35,936.00
1,833,411.50
2.0%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Hasan son of Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Geri 2,725.00
Wife of Hasan son of Mehmed
muslim (ehl-i islam) Geri 100.00
Acı Miha'il son of father Acı Franzi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Geri 2,520.00
Anton son of Nikola
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Geri 300.00
İstefani son of father Petri
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Geri 648.00
Arkiro son of Miha'il
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Geri 1,390.00
Wife of Arkiro son of Miha'il
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Geri 330.00
Yorki son of father Pedri
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Geri 850.00
Lambro son of Hristoğulo
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Geri 1,140.00
Panayi son of Miha'il
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Geri 1,511.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 61 2,863.75 19,824.00
002   land with vegetation 30 2,146.75 14,679.00
003   non tree crop 2 420.00 5,000.00
004   cotton 1 20.00 1,000.00
005   Undefined cotton 1 20.00 1,000.00
006   cotton field (penbe tarlası) 1 20.00 1,000.00
007   grains 1 400.00 4,000.00
008   grain field (eki̇n tarlasi) 1 400.00 4,000.00
009   fields, gardens and similar 28 1,726.75 9,679.00
010   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 9 11.75 909.00
011   Gardens, irrigation not specified 7 8.75 259.00
012   garden (bağçe) 7 8.75 259.00
013   Gardens, irrigated 2 3.00 650.00
014   garden with running water (bağçe maa ma-yı cari) 2 3.00 650.00
015   Fields 19 1,715.00 8,770.00
016   Fields, irrigation not specified 19 1,715.00 8,770.00
017   reed field (kamışlık) 1 1.00 200.00
018   field (tarla) 18 1,714.00 8,570.00
019   other land use 26 17.00 1,615.00
020   threshing floor (harman) 17 17.00 170.00
021   threshing floor (harman yeri) 3 3.00 30.00
022   running/flowing water (ma-yi cari) 6 0.00 645.00
023   old running/flowing water (kadim ma-i cari) 3 0.00 800.00
024   Uncultivated lands 5 700.00 3,530.00
025   Fallow lands 3 400.00 2,000.00
026   barren field (kiraç tarla) 3 400.00 2,000.00
027   Deserted lands 2 300.00 1,530.00
028   deserted plot (hâli̇ arsa) 1 0.00 30.00
029   deserted plot (arsa-i haliye) 1 0.00 30.00
030   deserted field (hâli tarla) 1 300.00 1,500.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 18 94 1,000.00
002   olive tree (all types) 18 94 1,000.00
003   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 18 94 1,000.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 30 31 4,540.00
002   house (hane) 29 30 4,510.00
003   other house (diğer hane) 3 4 350.00
004   two-storey house (fevkani ve tahtani hane) 1 1 250.00
005   agricultural buildings 1 1 30.00
006   pen (mandıra) 1 1 30.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 23 876 10,572.00
002   Sheep and goats 9 859 6,872.00
003   sheep (agnam) 5 620 4,960.00
004   goat and sheep (keçi ve koyun) 2 230 1,840.00
005   goat and sheep (keçi ağnam) 2 230 1,840.00
006   goat (keçi̇) 2 9 72.00
007   Bovidae 14 17 3,700.00
008   Oxen 14 17 3,700.00
009   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 12 13 3,200.00
010   ox (öküz) 2 4 500.00
This record was last edited on: Feb. 24, 2020, 12:38 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: Geri. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5374/ on 12/01/2026.
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