Name: Souskiou
Transcribed name: Susyu
Names from Gazetteer of Cyprus Souskiou
Σουσκιού
Name according to Kitchener's survey of Cyprus: Souskiou Sousuz
Category: village (karye)
Administrative dependency: District of Paphos
Ottoman legal status of population: mixed
Total of property values by type (in kuruş): 8,360.00
Property values and percentages by type (values in kuruş):
3,050.0 1,965.0 1,980.0 2,425.0
36.5% 23.5% 23.7% 29.0%
Lands Trees Buildings Animals
General statistics
District of Paphos:
23.00
1,792.00
1.3%
District of Paphos:
1.00
53.00
1.9%
District of Paphos:
25.00
2,071.00
1.2%
District of Paphos:
1.00
82.00
1.2%
District of Paphos:
58.00
3,639.00
1.6%
Land (area in dönüm)
District of Paphos:
298.00
17,800.00
1.7%
Land (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
3,050.00
203,778.10
1.5%
District of Paphos:
27.00
947.00
2.9%
District of Paphos:
31.00
2,012.00
1.5%
District of Paphos:
166.00
3,394.00
4.9%
District of Paphos:
11.00
283.00
3.9%
Trees (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
1,965.00
34,440.00
5.7%
Buildings (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
1,980.00
138,835.00
1.4%
District of Paphos:
19.00
1,574.00
1.2%
Animals (number)
District of Paphos:
193.00
12,121.00
1.6%
Animals (value in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
2,425.00
204,930.00
1.2%
Total value of properties (in kuruş)
District of Paphos:
8,360.00
566,978.10
1.5%
Persons in this and dependant locations
Name Ottoman legal status Location Value (in kuruş)
İbrahim son of Mustafa
Souskiou 1,505.00
Mustafa son of Ahmed
Souskiou 3,255.00
Süleyman son of Hüseyin
Souskiou 580.00
Ahmed son of İbrahim
Souskiou 140.00
Hasan son of Salih
Souskiou 625.00
Mehmed son of Süleyman
Souskiou 650.00
Süleyman son of Mehmed
Souskiou 990.00
Osman son of Hasan
Souskiou 1,295.00
Mehmed son of İbrahim
Souskiou 2,395.00
Hasan son of Mehmed
Souskiou 1,230.00
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Statistics per land type
Land use Records Land area (in dönüm) Value (in kuruş)
001   Total lands 58 323.00 4,675.00
002   land with vegetation 40 128.00 3,695.00
003   tree crops 10 12.50 2,425.00
004   mulberry crops 10 12.50 2,425.00
005   irrigated mulberry garden (dutlu sulu bağçe) 1 0.50 25.00
006   mulberry garden (dutlu bağçe) 3 5.00 1,000.00
007   mulberry garden (dut bağçesi̇) 6 7.00 1,400.00
008   non tree crops 15 18.50 425.00
009   tobacco 13 10.50 105.00
010   enclosed land with tobacco (fırahti duhan) 12 10.00 100.00
011   tobacco field (tütün tarlası) 1 0.50 5.00
012   vineyard 2 8.00 320.00
013   vineyard (bağ) 2 8.00 320.00
014   fields, gardens and similar 15 97.00 845.00
015   plateau field (ova tarla) 1 25.00 125.00
016   irrigated field (su basar tarla) 14 72.00 720.00
017   other land use 7 1.00 10.00
018   threshing floor (harman) 7 1.00 10.00
019   land without vegetation 11 194.00 970.00
020   barren field (kiraç tarla) 11 194.00 970.00
Statistics per tree type
Tree type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total trees 27 245 2,945.00
002   olive trees 17 234 2,840.00
003   plateau olive (zeytun-ı ova) 6 73 730.00
004   mountain olive (zeytun-ı dağ) 3 28 280.00
005   mountain olive tree (dağ zeyti̇ni̇) 2 35 450.00
006   mountain olive trees (eşcar-ı zeytun dağ) 5 88 1,280.00
007   plateau olive tree (ova zeytini 2) 1 10 100.00
008   Total almond trees 2 1 5.00
009   almond trees (eşcar-ı badem 2) 2 1 5.00
010   carob trees 8 10 100.00
011   carob tree (harub 2) 1 2 20.00
012   carob trees (eşcar-ı harub) 7 8 80.00
Statistics per building type
Building use Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total buildings 31 14 2,180.00
002   house (hane) 21 1 1,880.00
003   agricultural buildings 2 1 50.00
004   pen (mandıra) 2 1 50.00
005   buildings for animals 6 11 50.00
006   beehive (ari kovani) 6 11 50.00
007   Mills 2 1 200.00
008   olive oil mill (yağ deği̇rmeni̇) 2 1 200.00
Statistics per animal type
Animal type Records Quantity Value (in kuruş)
001   Total animals 19 200 3,075.00
002   horse (bargi̇r) 3 8 650.00
003   mare (kisrak) 2 7 500.00
004   cow (inek) 3 3 320.00
005   goat (keçi̇) 3 185 1,480.00
006   ox (öküz) 10 4 625.00
007   pair of oxen (çift öküz) 7 1 250.00
This record was last edited on: May 16, 2021, 12:11 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: Souskiou. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/geographicObject/5998/ on 29/05/2023.
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