Database ID G5939
Database UUID: 1fdedb3a-5098-4a73-a76f-6a1b313670be
Name: Akoursos
Transcribed name: Akurso
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Paphos
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Akoursos
Ακουρσός (η)
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Akourso
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 17,651.50
Property values in kuruş and percentages by type:
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
10,766.5 310.0 2,235.0 4,340.0
61.0% 1.8% 12.7% 24.6%
General statistics
District of Paphos:
30.00
1,792.00
1.7%
District of Paphos:
0.00
52.00
0.0%
District of Paphos:
35.00
2,071.00
1.7%
District of Paphos:
35.00
2,074.00
1.7%
District of Paphos:
53.00
3,639.00
1.5%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Paphos:
685.75
33,744.75
2.0%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
10,766.50
521,383.10
2.1%
District of Paphos:
11.00
947.00
1.2%
District of Paphos:
33.00
2,012.00
1.6%
District of Paphos:
31.00
6,113.00
0.5%
District of Paphos:
35.00
2,185.00
1.6%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
310.00
61,145.00
0.5%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
2,235.00
346,355.00
0.6%
District of Paphos:
21.00
1,574.00
1.3%
Animals (number)
District of Paphos:
123.00
15,191.00
0.8%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
4,340.00
437,387.00
1.0%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
17,651.50
1,366,270.10
1.3%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
Osman son of İbrahim
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 920.00
Hüseyin son of Mustafa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 1,290.00
Yusuf son of Muslu
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 525.00
Hasan son of Mustafa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 1,120.00
Derviş son of Mustafa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 390.00
Hasan son of Kasım
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 1,395.00
Hüseyin son of Ali
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 894.00
Abdurrahman son of Ali
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 967.50
Mustafa son of Zaim
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 1,235.00
Osman son of Mustafa
muslim (ehl-i islam) Akoursos 900.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Land (all types) 53 685.75 10,766.50
002   land with vegetation 35 111.75 7,811.50
003   non tree crop 10 19.50 476.50
004   tobacco 6 12.50 370.00
005   enclosed land with tobacco (fırahti duhan) 6 12.50 370.00
006   cotton 4 7.00 106.50
007   Undefined cotton 2 3.50 54.00
008   cotton field (pembe tarlasi) 2 3.50 54.00
009   Non-irrigated cotton 2 3.50 52.50
010   dry cotton field (susuz pembe tarlası) 2 3.50 52.50
011   fields, gardens and similar 25 92.25 7,335.00
012   Gardens, orchards, groves, etc. 23 34.75 6,905.00
013   mulberry crops 22 34.50 6,880.00
014   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 22 34.50 6,880.00
015   Gardens, irrigation not specified 1 0.25 25.00
016   garden (bağçe) 1 0.25 25.00
017   Fields 1 56.00 280.00
018   Fields, irrigation not specified 1 56.00 280.00
019   field (tarla) 1 56.00 280.00
020   other land use 3 3.00 30.00
021   threshing floor (harman) 3 3.00 30.00
022   Uncultivated lands 15 571.00 2,925.00
023   Fallow lands 15 571.00 2,925.00
024   barren field (kiraç tarla) 15 571.00 2,925.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Tree (all types) 11 31 310.00
002   olive tree (all types) 8 25 250.00
003   olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun 2) 8 25 250.00
004   carob trees 3 6 60.00
005   carob tree (harub 2) 1 2 20.00
006   carob trees (eşcar-ı harub) 1 2 20.00
007   carob trees (harub eşcarı) 1 2 20.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Building (all types) 33 35 2,235.00
002   house (hane) 30 30 2,200.00
003   building for animals 3 5 35.00
004   beehive (ari kovani) 3 5 35.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Animal (all types) 21 123 4,340.00
002   Sheep and goats 4 105 840.00
003   sheep (agnam) 1 15 120.00
004   goat (keçi̇) 3 90 720.00
005   Bovidae 13 14 2,900.00
006   cow (inek) 2 3 400.00
007   pair of cows (çift inek) 1 1 200.00
008   Oxen 11 11 2,500.00
009   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 9 9 2,250.00
010   ox (öküz) 2 2 250.00
011   Equidae 4 4 600.00
012   horse (bargi̇r) 4 4 600.00
013   mare (kisrak) 1 1 150.00
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: Akoursos. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5939/ on 08/12/2025.
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