Land property categories
We organised the types of property recorded in the survey in four broad categories: lands, trees, buildings, animals. Landed property consists of all property types that are measured by area and categorised by use. It includes cultivated or non-cultivated lands, gardens and orchards, vineyards, cotton or cereal fields, etc. Tree crops are also recorded as individual trees, measured by number. Since quantification in land area and number of trees was not compatible, we created a separate category for trees.
Order Broad category/Original term in Ottoman Turkish Translated name in English Number of land property records Quantity (land area in dönüm) Value of properties (in kuruş)
1 00001
40,171 580,131.61 10,418,275.18
2 00002
28,319 379,586.54 8,418,480.98
3 00003
enclosed land with trees
13 54.50 1,590.00
4 00004
enclosed land with trees
6 21.50 485.00
5 00005
enclosed land with trees
1 4.00 400.00
6 00006
4 4.00 200.00
7 00007
3 2.00 180.00
8 00008
enclosed land with fig trees
3 2.00 180.00
9 00009
1 2.00 20.00
10 00010
almond trees within an enclosed land
1 2.00 20.00
11 00011
0 None
12 00012
0 None
13 00013
0 None
14 00014
0 None
15 00015
0 None
16 00016
0 None
17 00017
14,027 191,758.77 4,417,312.08
18 00018
0 None
19 00019
0 None
20 00020
0 None
21 00021
142 160.00 3,696.00
22 00022
enclosed land with tobacco
78 94.00 1,706.00
23 00023
enclosed land with tobacco
64 66.00 1,990.00
24 00024
3,470 42,846.75 1,862,751.50
25 00025
114 1,023.50 44,350.00
26 00026
cotton field with waterwheel well
4 75.00 3,740.00
27 00027
cotton field inside a garden with water wheel
1 35.00 3,500.00
28 00028
irrigated cotton field
1 2.50 75.00
29 00029
abundantly-irrigated cotton field
7 13.50 605.00
30 00030
abundantly-irrigated cotton fıeld
42 488.00 21,255.00
31 00031
irrigated cotton field
58 404.50 15,050.00
32 00032
cotton field with abundant water
1 5.00 125.00
33 00033
3,134 41,391.50 1,809,053.00
34 00034
cotton field
6 208.00 10,490.00
35 00035
private cotton field
6 100.00 10,000.00
36 00036
cotton field
2,627 37,223.00 1,653,545.50
37 00037
cotton field with water wheel
1 3.00 150.00
38 00038
cotton field
2 2.00 130.00
39 00039
cotton field
70 262.00 24,750.00
40 00040
other cotton field
3 36.50 1,045.00
41 00041
cotton field
418 3,553.00 108,842.50
42 00042
cotton field with trees
1 4.00 100.00
43 00043
222 431.75 9,348.50
44 00044
dry cotton field
188 318.75 6,678.50
45 00045
waterless cotton field
11 20.50 445.00
46 00046
waterless cotton field
23 92.50 2,225.00
47 00047
6,432 39,975.50 1,579,174.58
48 00048
young vineyard
78 156.50 4,815.00
49 00049
old vineyard
15 75.50 2,840.00
50 00050
vineyard field
5 21.50 885.00
51 00051
vineyard
15 76.00 2,220.00
52 00052
new vineyard
19 34.50 1,482.50
53 00053
vineyard containing running/flowing water
2 1.00 50.00
54 00054
vineyard
6,294 39,598.50 1,566,182.08
55 00055
newly planted vineyard
2 4.00 200.00
56 00056
ruined vineyard
2 8.00 500.00
57 00057
3,982 108,771.52 971,640.00
58 00058
other grain field
1 50.00 250.00
59 00059
private grain field
5 327.00 11,975.00
60 00060
grain field
2,516 106,408.00 899,931.50
61 00061
islamic endowment grain field
1 24.00 600.00
62 00062
fodder field
1,282 1,806.01 55,175.00
63 00063
fodder field
171 154.01 3,641.00
64 00064
fodder field
3 1.25 37.50
65 00065
enclosed land with fodder
1 1.00 25.00
66 00066
2 0.25 5.00
67 00067
lentil field
1 5.00 50.00
68 00068
0 None
69 00069
14,272 187,758.27 3,998,978.90
70 00070
6,871 10,885.52 1,057,591.50
71 00071
3,398 4,428.66 579,721.00
72 00072
irrigated mulberry garden
4 2.50 125.00
73 00073
mulberry garden
301 416.00 39,925.00
74 00074
irrigated mulberry garden
3 4.00 550.00
75 00075
mulberry garden with well
13 42.50 6,525.00
76 00076
mulberry garden
1 0.25 12.50
77 00077
irrigated mulberry garden with well
9 49.00 9,200.00
78 00078
enclosed land with mulberry trees
1 1.00 75.00
79 00079
mulberry garden with running water
2 4.00 9,000.00
80 00080
garden with mulberry trees
2 1.50 125.00
81 00081
mulberry garden with well
2 7.00 1,300.00
82 00082
mulberry garden with well
1 4.00 200.00
83 00083
mulberry garden with fruits and well
1 0.50 37.50
84 00084
thriving mulberry garden
1 5.00 250.00
85 00085
mulberry garden
1 0.25 25.00
86 00086
thriving mulberry garden
2 11.00 1,250.00
87 00087
garden with mulberry trees
3 0.75 85.00
88 00088
mulberry garden
1 0.50 25.00
89 00089
other mulberry garden
1 1.50 150.00
90 00090
enclosed lands with mulberry trees
4 4.25 230.00
91 00091
mulberry field
1 1.00 50.00
92 00092
mulberry garden
8 11.50 1,455.00
93 00093
mulberry garden
2,873 3,235.03 451,591.00
94 00094
mulberry garden with well
2 1.75 300.00
95 00095
mulberry garden with well
3 13.00 850.00
96 00096
mixed mulberry garden
1 0.25 25.00
97 00097
elcosed are with mulberry trees
1 1.00 100.00
98 00098
field with mulberry trees
1 3.00 30.00
99 00099
garden with mulberry trees
5 4.50 350.00
100 00100
mulberry garden with well
89 427.50 37,050.00
101 00101
field with mulberry trees
1 0.25 100.00
102 00102
mulberry garden
2 4.00 200.00
103 00103
mulberry garden with well and fruit trees
1 5.00 4,000.00
104 00104
mulberry garden with running water
1 0.50 100.00
105 00105
garden with fruitless mulberry trees
5 4.25 275.00
106 00106
field with fruitless mulberry trees
1 3.00 30.00
107 00107
ruined mulberry garden
1 1.00 15.00
108 00108
deserted land from mulberry garden
1 22.00 880.00
109 00109
fruit-bearing mulberry garden with well
3 12.00 1,800.00
110 00110
garden with mulberry and other fruit-bearing trees
16 11.00 1,100.00
111 00111
garden with lemon and mulberry trees
5 40.00 835.00
112 00112
mulberry and fig garden
7 13.00 2,250.00
113 00113
fruit-bearing mulberry garden
14 56.13 6,975.00
114 00114
fodder field with mulberry trees
1 0.50 20.00
115 00115
garden wıth fruitless mulberries and other trees
1 1.00 50.00
116 00116
hazelnut garden with mulberry trees
1 1.00 200.00
117 00117
42 176.00 14,925.00
118 00118
orchard field
42 176.00 14,925.00
119 00119
orchard
1 5.00 125.00
120 00120
2,564 4,603.98 333,638.00
121 00121
lemon garden
35 36.88 3,712.50
122 00122
orange garden
16 32.75 3,325.00
123 00123
apple garden
9 12.00 1,175.00
124 00124
tree garden
75 161.50 14,810.00
125 00125
fruit garden
116 149.00 11,580.50
126 00126
garden without well
1 3.00 60.00
127 00127
garden interior
5 57.00 2,850.00
128 00128
treelss garden ground
1 0.50 50.00
129 00129
ruined garden
13 86.00 5,175.00
130 00130
other garden
17 37.13 2,754.50
131 00131
garden
1,541 2,927.43 172,809.50
132 00132
fruit garden with no water access
1 1.50 75.00
133 00133
other garden
2 14.00 350.00
134 00134
non-irrigated garden
3 5.00 180.00
135 00135
ordinary garden
7 8.50 395.00
136 00136
mixed garden
12 5.50 525.00
137 00137
shared garden
1 10.00 100.00
138 00138
fruit garden
160 229.79 20,322.50
139 00139
garden with fruit-bearing trees
26 98.50 23,930.00
140 00140
garden with trees
3 23.00 2,045.00
141 00141
garden with waterwheel and fruits
1 4.00 800.00
142 00142
other islamic endowment garden
1 12.00 600.00
143 00143
islamic endowment garden
1 15.00 375.00
144 00144
rented garden
1 4.00 100.00
145 00145
garden with yard
1 0.25 25.00
146 00146
garden lot
16 97.00 4,265.00
147 00147
other hazelnut grove
2 0.50 100.00
148 00148
hazelnut grove
26 20.00 3,815.00
149 00149
lemon, orange and olive grove
1 7.50 750.00
150 00150
poplar-tree grove
1 1.00 5.00
151 00151
garden without fruits
53 84.50 6,118.50
152 00152
thriving garden
232 248.75 21,935.00
153 00153
rose garden
1 2.00 200.00
154 00154
lemon and orange garden
1 1.00 100.00
155 00155
fodder garden
15 35.50 1,050.00
156 00156
tobacco garden
1 1.00 20.00
157 00157
artichoke garden
9 14.00 2,575.00
158 00158
vegetable garden
16 12.00 1,060.00
159 00159
hazelnut garden
102 91.50 16,380.00
160 00160
garden lot with fig trees
1 2.00 120.00
161 00161
fig garden
10 21.50 2,195.00
162 00162
almond garden
1 0.50 50.00
163 00163
almond tree garden
1 None 15.00
164 00164
garden with walnut trees
1 0.25 10.00
165 00165
hazelnut garden
4 2.50 500.00
166 00166
vegetable garden
9 12.50 1,500.00
167 00167
hazelnut garden
8 9.25 1,850.00
168 00168
hazelnut garden
4 5.00 900.00
169 00169
845 1,533.88 127,002.50
170 00170
winter-irrigated garden with water resevoir
1 0.50 50.00
171 00171
garden ground with well
1 6.00 250.00
172 00172
garden with well
2 10.00 450.00
173 00173
garden lot with running water
1 2.00 200.00
174 00174
thriving garden with waterwheel
8 48.50 9,175.00
175 00175
thriving garden with water resevoir
1 1.00 300.00
176 00176
irrigated garden
656 656.38 27,870.00
177 00177
garden with waterwheel
66 345.75 22,750.00
178 00178
garden with fruits and waterwheel
16 68.00 11,450.00
179 00179
garden with waterwheel and trees
9 43.00 6,800.00
180 00180
other fruit garden with water wheel
1 6.00 600.00
181 00181
thriving garden with fruit-bearing trees, waterwheel well and a one-room house
1 8.00 1,500.00
182 00182
garden with running water
1 2.00 400.00
183 00183
garden with running water
1 1.50 2,000.00
184 00184
irrigated thriving fruit garden
1 13.00 1,300.00
185 00185
other irrigated fruit garden
1 1.00 80.00
186 00186
irrigated fruit garden
1 0.50 25.00
187 00187
thriving garden with water-wheel well
2 8.00 1,025.00
188 00188
garden with waterwheel well
4 21.00 2,500.00
189 00189
garden with water pump well
8 38.00 6,050.00
190 00190
other irrigated garden
1 1.50 75.00
191 00191
garden with fruit-bearing trees and waterwheel
7 54.50 10,700.00
192 00192
irrigated garden
3 1.25 62.50
193 00193
garden with tank
4 3.75 225.00
194 00194
garden with running water
2 19.00 1,225.00
195 00195
garden with running water
1 1.00 25.00
196 00196
garden with running warer and tank
2 2.75 600.00
197 00197
thriving garden with running water
2 5.00 425.00
198 00198
thriving garden with running water
1 5.00 125.00
199 00199
garden with running water
4 8.50 1,200.00
200 00200
abundantly-irrigated garden
1 0.50 25.00
201 00201
garden with fruit-bearing and non-fruit-bearing trees and with water pump well
3 30.00 6,000.00
202 00202
garden with waterwheel
18 43.25 3,152.50
203 00203
garden with waterwheel
12 65.75 6,187.50
204 00204
new garden with waterwheel
1 8.00 2,000.00
205 00205
other fruit garden with water wheel
1 4.00 200.00
206 00206
22 143.00 2,305.00
207 00207
4 8.00 680.00
208 00208
enclosed area with with olive trees
1 0.50 100.00
209 00209
enclosed area with olive trees
1 4.50 450.00
210 00210
olive garden
2 3.00 130.00
211 00211
olive grove
18 135.00 1,625.00
212 00212
7,401 176,872.75 2,941,387.40
213 00213
6,872 169,690.00 2,802,693.90
214 00214
field with olive trees
1 1.50 60.00
215 00215
field with fig trees
1 4.00 200.00
216 00216
field with fig trees
1 4.00 80.00
217 00217
lemon field
2 1.50 112.50
218 00218
pear tree field with stormwater
1 3.50 87.50
219 00219
artichoke field
6 26.00 5,050.00
220 00220
black-eyed peas field
94 230.00 39,425.00
221 00221
other black-eyed beans field
2 2.50 70.00
222 00222
tobacco field
22 25.50 750.00
223 00223
tobacco field
315 329.00 8,781.50
224 00224
other tobacco field
1 14.00 350.00
225 00225
sown field
1 3.00 15.00
226 00226
reed field
21 11.50 2,500.00
227 00227
Madder fields
0 None
228 00228
madder field
491 817.21 245,829.50
229 00229
thriving madder field
8 16.50 11,600.00
230 00230
pasture field
1 20.00 100.00
231 00231
field with garden
18 124.75 3,892.00
232 00232
other field
7 376.00 7,415.00
233 00233
non-irrigated private field
1 6.00 90.00
234 00234
private field
8 201.00 7,300.00
235 00235
share of a field
6 45.00 675.00
236 00236
garden field
35 131.00 4,915.50
237 00237
other field
1 3.00 60.00
238 00238
endowment field
2 101.00 2,008.00
239 00239
garden field
791 2,003.63 99,217.00
240 00240
field with tree garden
1 95.00 9,500.00
241 00241
thriving field
1 500.00 15,000.00
242 00242
field
4,122 149,554.75 2,175,206.00
243 00243
private field with hidden garden
1 1.00 20.00
244 00244
field with trees
1 1.00 100.00
245 00245
field with trees
3 4.00 460.00
246 00246
field of the endowment of Mecca and Medina
1 60.00 900.00
247 00247
plateau field
8 88.00 840.00
248 00248
other private field
1 9.00 225.00
249 00249
shared field
3 58.00 2,380.00
250 00250
plateau field
507 12,389.00 65,152.50
251 00251
hemp field
109 90.00 2,672.40
252 00252
private field
277 2,339.16 89,654.50
253 00253
523 6,804.75 135,273.50
254 00254
abundantly-irrigated black-eyed peas field
1 0.50 15.00
255 00255
irrigated field
268 1,981.75 60,948.50
256 00256
irrigated garden field
4 52.50 3,105.00
257 00257
field containing running water
1 0.50 25.00
258 00258
irrigated private field
8 10.25 337.50
259 00259
field with water-wheel well
2 28.00 1,050.00
260 00260
private field with water pump well
1 34.00 1,700.00
261 00261
abundantly-irrigated private field
2 38.00 380.00
262 00262
field with waterwheel
2 23.00 1,050.00
263 00263
field with well
1 5.00 250.00
264 00264
field with trees and an old water spring
1 0.25 50.00
265 00265
winter irrigated field
1 1.00 20.00
266 00266
field irrigated with stormwater
3 150.00 2,000.00
267 00267
torrent field
1 15.00 375.00
268 00268
irrigated field
226 4,464.00 63,817.50
269 00269
yard with waterwheel
1 1.00 150.00
270 00270
freehold land
6 378.00 3,420.00
271 00271
hemp
3 11.00 400.00
272 00272
hemp garden
3 11.00 400.00
273 00273
1 8.00 800.00
274 00274
1 45.00 225.00
275 00275
1 600.00 1,200.00
276 00276
6,283 6,698.57 629,368.20
277 00277
threshing floor
4,465 4,376.25 81,150.50
278 00278
threshing floor
5 13.00 375.00
279 00279
threshing floor
630 651.75 11,793.50
280 00280
enclosed land
576 419.63 17,803.20
281 00281
enclosed area without trees
3 1.00 300.00
282 00282
other enclosed land
1 0.50 15.00
283 00283
enclosed land and threshing floor
2 3.50 350.00
284 00284
christian endowment with running water
1 None 2,400.00
285 00285
private running water fountain
4 None 11,280.00
286 00286
islamic endowment running water fountain
3 None 7,100.00
287 00287
running water fountain endowed to the holy cities
1 None 1,400.00
288 00288
small running water fountain
12 None 1,500.00
289 00289
old fountain
1 None 2,500.00
290 00290
small and old running water fountain
3 None 490.00
291 00291
running water fountain with tank
2 None 1,000.00
292 00292
other running water fountain
9 None 11,285.00
293 00293
separate running water fountain
8 1.00 15,100.00
294 00294
running/flowing water
1,039 1,149.69 402,817.00
295 00295
other enclosed area with waterwheel well
1 2.00 50.00
296 00296
old water wheel with running water
8 None 17,500.00
297 00297
water share
4 1.00 272.50
298 00298
well with running water
4 None 8,000.00
299 00299
running water
19 1.00 5,230.00
300 00300
running water
2 None 2,400.00
301 00301
building lot with running water
1 None 400.00
302 00302
old running/flowing water
22 2.00 18,620.00
303 00303
plot
1 1.00 50.00
304 00304
pen
77 77.00 4,585.00
305 00305
pen lot
3 3.00 175.00
306 00306
land
1 650.00 9,750.00
307 00307
winter house
1 1.00 200.00
308 00308
garden with waterwheel
1 4.00 200.00
309 00309
running water for one well
1 None 1,000.00
310 00310
rose for clerk tomb
1 1.00 150.00
311 00311
2 None 6,750.00
312 00312
old fountain with tank
2 None 6,750.00
313 00313
building lot
15 12.00 785.00
314 00314
5,566 193,193.50 1,368,201.00
315 00315
5,377 185,706.25 1,293,543.00
316 00316
islamic endowment barren field
1 100.00 500.00
317 00317
barren field
5,364 185,054.75 1,285,230.50
318 00318
barren garden with well
1 3.00 180.00
319 00319
field without vegetation
2 35.00 780.00
320 00320
barren
55 2,575.00 17,465.00
321 00321
other barren field
5 228.00 2,045.00
322 00322
private and barren field
1 454.00 4,540.00
323 00323
barren field
9 212.00 2,730.00
324 00324
barren cotton field
6 180.50 3,587.50
325 00325
barren tobacco field
2 325.00 2,225.00
326 00326
barren garden
4 46.00 2,000.00
327 00327
barren garden
2 35.00 1,450.00
328 00328
124 7,060.00 50,218.50
329 00329
deserted barren field
1 50.00 250.00
330 00330
deserted grain field
3 75.00 375.00
331 00331
deserted madder field
9 12.75 1,232.50
332 00332
barren deserted field
2 350.00 5,300.00
333 00333
deserted enclosed land
2 2.00 200.00
334 00334
deserted plot
48 45.25 3,585.00
335 00335
deserted plot
30 24.75 1,870.00
336 00336
deserted garden
6 14.00 760.00
337 00337
deserted cotton field
1 10.00 150.00
338 00338
deserted field barren
1 30.00 150.00
339 00339
deserted field
51 6,471.00 38,216.00
340 00340
65 427.25 24,439.50
341 00341
ruined plot
2 2.00 85.00
342 00342
ruined building lot
1 1.00 25.00
343 00343
ruined vineyard
1 0.50 20.00
344 00344
ruined madder field
1 0.25 12.00
345 00345
ruined garden with waterwheel
3 36.00 5,000.00
346 00346
deserted garden
56 379.00 18,272.50
347 00347
deserted mulberry garden
1 1.50 150.00
348 00348
devastated garden with water pump well
1 8.00 900.00
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. Land property categories. Retrieved from: https://cyprus1833.hua.gr/en/masterTaxonomy/landuses/ on 13/05/2026.
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