Name: Kolossi
Transcribed name: Koloş
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Kolossi
Κολόσσι
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Kolossi
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Episkopi
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 35,167.00
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
18,171.0 3,674.0 8,350.0 6,312.0
51.7% 10.4% 23.7% 17.9%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Episkopi:
61.00
548.00
11.1%
District of Episkopi:
1.00
26.00
3.8%
District of Episkopi:
76.00
631.00
12.0%
District of Episkopi:
1.00
29.00
3.4%
District of Episkopi:
124.00
1,222.00
10.1%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Episkopi:
461.66
6,442.91
7.2%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Episkopi:
18,171.00
116,931.00
15.5%
District of Episkopi:
94.00
695.00
13.5%
District of Episkopi:
96.00
768.00
12.5%
District of Episkopi:
489.00
3,567.00
13.7%
District of Episkopi:
38.00
502.00
7.6%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Episkopi:
3,674.00
26,261.00
14.0%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Episkopi:
8,350.00
75,084.00
11.1%
District of Episkopi:
63.00
563.00
11.2%
Animals (number)
District of Episkopi:
307.00
2,748.00
11.2%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Episkopi:
6,312.00
50,798.00
12.4%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Episkopi:
35,167.00
260,954.00
13.5%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Hacı Hasan son of İbrahim
Kolossi 4,530.00
Wife of Hacı Hasan son of İbrahim
Kolossi 220.00
Mustafa son of Hasan
Kolossi 973.00
Tosun son of Osman
Kolossi 1,420.00
Hüseyin son of Mehmed
Kolossi 1,475.00
Hüseyin son of Mehmed
Kolossi 1,810.00
Son of Hüseyin
Kolossi 1,595.00
Hacı Hüseyin son of İbrahim
Kolossi 1,116.00
Osman son of İbrahim
Kolossi 570.00
Zeyid son of Mustafa
Kolossi 235.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 124 713.16 22,656.00
002   land with vegetation 87 319.00 18,191.00
003   tree crops 38 24.50 1,225.00
004   mulberry crops 34 21.50 1,075.00
005   mulberry garden (dutlu bağçe) 34 21.50 1,075.00
006   fruit garden (meyveli̇ bağçe) 4 3.00 150.00
007   non tree crops 11 23.00 925.00
008   cotton 2 11.00 470.00
009   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 1 7.00 350.00
010   abundantly-irrigated cotton fıeld (su basar pembe tarlası) 1 4.00 120.00
011   vineyard 5 10.50 420.00
012   vineyard (bağ) 5 10.50 420.00
013   grains 4 1.50 35.00
014   fodder field (hasıllık) 4 1.50 35.00
015   fields, gardens and similar 38 271.50 16,041.00
016   irrigated field (sulu tarla) 24 185.00 11,136.00
017   irrigated garden field (sulu bağçe tarlası) 1 50.00 3,000.00
018   irrigated garden (sulu bağçe) 12 31.50 1,880.00
019   deserted field (hâli tarla) 1 5.00 25.00
020   other land use 12 43.16 2,530.00
021   threshing floor (harman) 6 1.00 10.00
022   pen (mandira) 1 1.00 50.00
023   private field (hassa tarla) 5 41.16 2,470.00
024   land without vegetation 25 351.00 1,935.00
025   barren field (kiraç tarla) 25 351.00 1,935.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total trees 94 631 4,614.00
002   olive trees 42 106 1,415.00
003   mountain olive tree (dağ zeyti̇ni̇) 8 51 585.00
004   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 2 1 10.00
005   olive tree (zeytun 2) 1 4 40.00
006   plateau olive tree (ova zeytini 2) 31 50 780.00
007   Total almond trees 1 1 5.00
008   almond trees (şecer-i badem) 1 1 5.00
009   walnut treeσ 7 10 60.00
010   walnut trees (eşcar-ı ceviz) 7 10 60.00
011   hazelnut treeσ 2 10 50.00
012   hazelnut trees (eşcar-ı fındık) 2 10 50.00
013   carob trees 42 504 3,084.00
014   carob trees (eşcar-ı harub) 41 489 3,009.00
015   other young carob tree (diğer fidan-ı harub) 1 15 75.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 96 42 9,300.00
002   house (hane) 84 2 3,310.00
003   other house (diğer hane) 15 1 680.00
004   buildings for animals 10 38 190.00
005   beehive (ari kovani) 10 38 190.00
006   Mills 2 2 5,800.00
007   olive oil mill (yağ deği̇rmeni̇) 1 1 300.00
008   Watermills 1 1 5,500.00
009   water mill (su deği̇rmeni̇) 1 1 5,500.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 63 330 7,812.00
002   sheep (agnam) 5 296 3,412.00
003   horse (bargi̇r) 15 12 1,500.00
004   mare (kisrak) 6 3 450.00
005   colt (tay) 2 3 150.00
006   cow (inek) 14 14 1,250.00
007   calf (dana) 4 3 150.00
008   suckling calf (buzaği) 4 3 150.00
009   mule (katir) 4 1 400.00
010   ox (öküz) 25 7 1,250.00
011   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 20 3 750.00
This record was last edited on: Feb. 21, 2020, 9:19 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: Kolossi. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5856/ on 30/05/2023.
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