| Database ID | G5642 |
| Database UUID: | 04ddcc0e-7de9-403c-aa6a-12b7327cf23d |
| Name: | Melouseia |
| Transcribed name: | Meluşa |
| Category: | village (karye) |
| Administrative dependency: | District of Mesaoria |
| Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus |
Melouseia Μελούσεια |
| Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: | Melousha |
| Ottoman legal status of population: | muslim (ehl-i islam) |
| Total of property values by type (in kuruş): | 6,665.00 |
| Property values in kuruş and percentages by type: |
|
Lands
Trees
Buildings
Animals
1,240.0
0.0
1,840.0
3,585.0
18.6%
0.0%
27.6%
53.8%
|
| General statistics | |
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
10.00
2,171.00
0.5%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
0.00
35.00
0.0%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
9.00
2,398.00
0.4%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
9.00
2,402.00
0.4%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
9.00
4,064.00
0.2%
|
|
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Mesaoria:
|
304.00
114,431.13
0.3%
|
|
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
|
1,240.00
1,375,343.50
0.1%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
0.00
442.00
0.0%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
14.00
2,382.00
0.6%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
0.00
5,906.00
0.0%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
24.00
3,048.00
0.8%
|
|
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
|
0.00
66,731.00
0.0%
|
|
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
|
1,840.00
547,867.00
0.3%
|
|
District of Mesaoria:
|
12.00
2,678.00
0.4%
|
|
Animals (number)
District of Mesaoria:
|
278.00
48,509.00
0.6%
|
|
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
|
3,585.00
807,336.00
0.4%
|
|
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
|
6,665.00
2,797,277.50
0.2%
|
| Persons in this and dependant locations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Ottoman legal status | Location | Value (in kuruş) |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 780.00 |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 200.00 |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 100.00 |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 1,760.00 |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 115.00 |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 815.00 |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 1,040.00 |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 620.00 |
|
|
muslim (ehl-i islam) | Melouseia | 1,235.00 |
| Statistics per land type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Land use | Records | Land area (in dönüm) | Value (in kuruş) |
| 001 Land (all types) | 9 | 304.00 | 1,240.00 |
| 002 other land use | 4 | 4.00 | 40.00 |
| 003 threshing floor (harman) | 4 | 4.00 | 40.00 |
| 004 Uncultivated lands | 5 | 300.00 | 1,200.00 |
| 005 Fallow lands | 5 | 300.00 | 1,200.00 |
| 006 barren field (kiraç tarla) | 5 | 300.00 | 1,200.00 |
| Statistics per tree type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tree type | Records | Quantity | Value (in kuruş) |
| Statistics per building type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Building use | Records | Quantity | Value (in kuruş) |
| 001 Building (all types) | 14 | 24 | 1,840.00 |
| 002 house (hane) | 9 | 9 | 1,750.00 |
| 003 building for animals | 5 | 15 | 90.00 |
| 004 beehive (ari kovani) | 5 | 15 | 90.00 |
| Statistics per animal type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal type | Records | Quantity | Value (in kuruş) |
| 001 Animal (all types) | 12 | 278 | 3,585.00 |
| 002 Sheep and goats | 5 | 270 | 2,160.00 |
| 003 sheep (agnam) | 5 | 270 | 2,160.00 |
| 004 Bovidae | 7 | 8 | 1,425.00 |
| 005 cow (inek) | 2 | 3 | 175.00 |
| 006 cow with calf (inek ma buzaği) | 1 | 2 | 100.00 |
| 007 Oxen | 5 | 5 | 1,250.00 |
| 008 pair of oxen (çift öküz) | 5 | 5 | 1,250.00 |
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:
Melouseia.
Retrieved from:
https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5642/
on
20/01/2026.