The 1832/33 Ottoman Property Survey of Cyprus, Geography Department of Harokopio University

Animal types

We organised the types of property recorded in the survey in four broad categories: lands, trees, buildings, and animals. Animal husbandry in Ottoman Cyprus performed three main functions: (a) for human consumption (meat, milk, cheese, etc.), (b) for wool, and (c) for animal labour, using their muscle power for mills, wells, threshing floors, or ploughing.

Order	Broad category/Original term in Ottoman Turkish	Translated name in English	Number of animal property records	Quantity (Number of animals)	Value of properties (in kuruş)
1	00001 Animal (all types)		16,552	212,007	4,485,808.00
2	00002 deve	camel	70	300	86,840.00
3	00003 deve ma deverem	camel with colts	3	16	5,200.00
4	00004 deverem	camel colts	10	51	8,450.00
5	00005 [deve] küçüğü	young camel	5	10	1,000.00
6	00006 deve katar	head camel of a caravan	1	6	1,800.00
7	00007 deve küçüğü	young camel	1	1	100.00
8	00008 Sheep and goats		4,157	195,028	1,553,507.00
9	00009 agnam	sheep	2,214	104,584	832,664.00
10	00010 ganem	sheep	5	670	5,360.00
11	00011 keçi ve koyun	goat and sheep	581	40,426	318,597.00
12	00012 keçi ve ağnam	goat and sheep	195	8,430	67,745.00
13	00013 ağnam ve keçi	sheep and goat	199	16,843	129,119.00
14	00014 koyun ve keçi̇	sheep and goat	137	11,037	88,805.00
15	00015 keçi ağnam	goat and sheep	41	3,229	25,832.00
16	00016 koyun	sheep	172	5,586	44,596.00
17	00017 keçi̇	goat	1,190	44,432	357,650.00
18	00018 keçi ve oğlak	goat and kid goat	4	330	2,740.00
19	00019 Bovidae		10,379	13,603	2,139,671.00
20	00020 inek	cow	2,950	4,068	349,315.00
21	00021 dana	calf	573	692	31,175.00
22	00022 buzaği	suckling calf	563	681	30,715.00
23	00023 çift inek	pair of cows	128	134	24,980.00
24	00024 inek çift	pair of cows	13	13	2,550.00
25	00025 yabani inek çift	pair of wild cows	2	2	130.00
26	00026 inek ma buzaği	cow with calf	27	66	4,510.00
27	00027 inek ve buzaği	cow and calf	33	85	7,160.00
28	00028 inek ma dana	cow with calf	150	400	35,530.00
29	00029 koca inek	old cow	2	2	130.00
30	00030 yabani inek	wild cow	24	70	3,360.00
31	00031 tosun	young bull	39	47	3,070.00
32	00032 küçük tosun	young bull	1	1	50.00
33	00033 inek tosun	cow and young bull	5	10	910.00
34	00034 öküz ve i̇nek	ox and cow	25	90	10,140.00
35	00035 hergele öküz ve inek	untamed ox and cow	1	30	3,000.00
36	00036 Oxen		7,368	9,409	1,777,076.00
37	00037 inek öküz çift	pair of ox and cow	1	1	250.00
38	00038 sığır	ox	2	2	225.00
39	00039 kebir ve sagir çift öküz	pair of old and young oxen	1	1	750.00
40	00040 çift gâv	pair of oxen	2	3	500.00
41	00041 çift öküz	pair of oxen	4,650	5,520	1,280,485.00
42	00042 öküz	ox	2,711	3,881	494,666.00
43	00043 öküz tosun	young ox	2	3	450.00
44	00044 öküz ma' buzağı	ox with calf	4	7	1,225.00
45	00045 yabani öküz	wild ox	3	9	400.00
46	00046 sagir öküz	young ox	1	2	400.00
47	00047 koca öküz	old ox	1	1	100.00
48	00048 kebir öküz	old ox	1	4	500.00
49	00049 diğer öküz	other ox	1	1	125.00
50	00050 öküz ve tosun	ox and bullock	1	1	200.00
51	00051 manda	buffalo	36	36	3,140.00
52	00052 Equidae		1,945	2,976	704,990.00
53	00053 bargi̇r	horse	1,100	1,982	325,530.00
54	00054 esb	horse	3	3	620.00
55	00055 beygir	horse	5	7	875.00
56	00056 çift beygir	pair of horses	2	2	500.00
57	00057 topal bargir	lame horse	3	3	450.00
58	00058 kisrak	mare	611	1,206	220,910.00
59	00059 kisrak ma tay	mare with colt	15	39	7,305.00
60	00060 kisrak ve tay	mare and colt	13	31	4,950.00
61	00061 çift kısrak	pair of mares	1	1	200.00
62	00062 koca kısrak	old mare	4	5	800.00
63	00063 tay	colt	52	61	3,205.00
64	00064 tay bargir	colt	1	1	100.00
65	00065 yavru tay	foal	1	2	100.00
66	00066 harman bargiri	threshing horse	7	11	1,900.00
67	00067 dolap bargiri	horse used for water-wheel well	3	3	500.00
68	00068 hergele	unbroken horse	1	152	3,825.00
69	00069 koca bargir	old horse	2	2	350.00
70	00070 bargir ve kısrak	horse and mare	1	2	250.00
71	00071 harman kısrağı	Threshing floor mare	1	5	500.00
72	00072 katir	mule	845	994	379,460.00
73	00073 topal katır	lame mule	4	4	1,150.00
74	00074 diğer topal katır	other lame mule	1	1	400.00
75	00075 koca katır	old mule	21	22	8,250.00
76	00076 küçükce katır	young mule	1	1	500.00
77	00077 tay katır	baby mule	2	2	350.00
78	00078 diğer koca katır	other old mule	1	1	450.00
79	00079 değirmen katırı	mill mule	3	2	1,300.00
80	00080 dolab katırı	well mule	25	33	11,300.00
81	00081 diğer katır	other mule	1	1	500.00
82	00082 ester	mule	2	2	800.00
83	00083 esteran	mules	1	1	300.00

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. Animal types. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/masterTaxonomy/animals/ on 12/04/2026.

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