Database ID G5669
Database UUID: 885cb39f-b283-407a-9cdf-8530585a94e5
Name: Lysi
Transcribed name: Lisi
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Mesaoria
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Lysi
Λύση
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Lysi
Ottoman legal status of population: non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet)
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 61,685.50
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
20,212.5 360.0 18,265.0 22,848.0
32.8% 0.6% 29.6% 37.0%
General statistics
District of Mesaoria:
56.00
2,171.00
2.6%
District of Mesaoria:
1.00
35.00
2.9%
District of Mesaoria:
68.00
2,398.00
2.8%
District of Mesaoria:
69.00
2,402.00
2.9%
District of Mesaoria:
113.00
4,064.00
2.8%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Mesaoria:
2,486.50
114,431.13
2.2%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
20,212.50
1,375,343.50
1.5%
District of Mesaoria:
10.00
442.00
2.3%
District of Mesaoria:
80.00
2,382.00
3.4%
District of Mesaoria:
39.00
5,906.00
0.7%
District of Mesaoria:
115.00
3,048.00
3.8%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
360.00
66,731.00
0.5%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
18,265.00
547,867.00
3.3%
District of Mesaoria:
81.00
2,678.00
3.0%
Animals (number)
District of Mesaoria:
1,807.00
48,509.00
3.7%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
22,848.00
807,336.00
2.8%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Mesaoria:
61,685.50
2,797,277.50
2.2%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Dimitri
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 200.00
Françesko son of Luizo
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 3,402.50
Yorgi son of Zaharya
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 1,145.00
Mihail son of Yorgi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 190.00
Yanni son of Acı Andoni
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 2,420.00
Kostanti son of Yorgi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 410.00
Mihail Mesolivadi
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 530.00
Françesko son of Elyas
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 1,930.00
Hristofi son of Labiti
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 1,000.00
Andoni son of Yanni
non-muslim (ehl-i zimmet) Lysi 1,100.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 113 2,486.50 20,212.50
002   land with vegetation 50 197.50 7,662.50
003   non tree crop 45 176.50 6,532.50
004   cotton 44 146.50 6,382.50
005   Water-related cotton properties 1 5.00 250.00
006   abundantly-irrigated cotton fıeld (su basar pembe tarlası) 1 5.00 250.00
007   Undefined cotton 43 141.50 6,132.50
008   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 43 141.50 6,132.50
009   grains 1 30.00 150.00
010   grain field (eki̇n tarlasi) 1 30.00 150.00
011   fields, gardens and similar 5 21.00 1,130.00
012   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 3 14.00 780.00
013   Gardens, irrigated 2 12.00 700.00
014   garden with waterwheel (dolaplı bağçe) 1 8.00 400.00
015   garden with waterwheel and trees (dolaplı ve eşcarlı bağçe) 1 4.00 300.00
016   Fields 2 7.00 350.00
017   Fields, irrigation not specified 1 4.00 200.00
018   field with fig trees (incir eşcarlı tarla) 1 4.00 200.00
019   Irrigated fields 1 3.00 150.00
020   irrigated private field (sulu hassa tarla) 1 3.00 150.00
021   other land use 18 19.00 280.00
022   threshing floor (harman) 17 18.00 180.00
023   enclosed land (fırahti) 1 1.00 100.00
024   Uncultivated lands 45 2,270.00 12,270.00
025   Fallow lands 45 2,270.00 12,270.00
026   barren field (kiraç tarla) 45 2,270.00 12,270.00
027   barren (kıraç) 4 118.00 580.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 10 39 360.00
002   olive tree (all types) 8 33 330.00
003   olive trees (zeytun eşcarı) 1 9 90.00
004   mountain olive (zeytun-ı dağ) 1 3 30.00
005   mountain olive tree (dağ zeyti̇ni̇) 1 3 30.00
006   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 2 10 100.00
007   olive tree (zeytun 2) 2 4 40.00
008   plataeu olive tree (ovada zeytun 2) 1 4 40.00
009   fig trees 2 6 30.00
010   fig trees (incir eşcarı) 2 6 30.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 80 115 18,265.00
002   house (hane) 61 62 17,415.00
003   shop/warehouse (dükkan) 1 1 300.00
004   grocery (bakkal dükkani) 1 1 300.00
005   agricultural buildings 3 4 270.00
006   pen (mandıra) 1 2 50.00
007   ruined pen (harabe mandıra) 1 1 100.00
008   pen and room (mandıra ve oda) 1 1 120.00
009   building for animals 15 48 280.00
010   beehive (ari kovani) 15 48 280.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 81 1,807 22,848.00
002   Sheep and goats 27 1,751 13,928.00
003   sheep (agnam) 27 1,751 13,928.00
004   Bovidae 50 51 7,320.00
005   cow (inek) 31 31 2,420.00
006   calf (dana) 16 16 770.00
007   suckling calf (buzaği) 16 16 770.00
008   pair of cows (çift inek) 1 1 250.00
009   Oxen 19 20 4,900.00
010   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 17 18 4,500.00
011   ox (öküz) 2 2 400.00
012   Equidae 4 5 1,600.00
013   mule (katir) 4 5 1,600.00
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: Lysi. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5669/ on 10/02/2026.
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