Property Deed #27
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Property Deed #27Scope and Content
Imperial Deed (Sened-i Hâkânî) Serial Number: 95 Date: Zilhicce 1300 approximately to October 1883 Province (Liva): Ma’muret’ülaziz District (Kaza): Ağin Subdistrict (Nahiye): Ağın Village (Karye): Meşker (today’s Çakırtaş) Location (Mevki): Tepelerde Type (Cinsi): Dry farmland (Susuz tarla) Category (Nev’i): State-owned land (Arz-ı mîrî) Boundaries (Hududu): Bordered by the fields of İstefan, Kürekçi Agop, and “Baban” field Size (Miktarı): •Six ölçek (a traditional volume/area unit) •Old measure (atik) •Thirteen evlek •Seventy-eight zira’ •Ninety-five kirah •Thirty-six new fingers (parmak-ı cedid), square Reason for Issuance: Replacement of an old-dated deed Holder (Mutasarrıfı): Armen Ağa Cancıkyan (Cancık oğlu) Note: In the year 1310 (1893), the population of Meşker was 521, with 98 households. Following the Armenian Genocide of 1915, Mashgerd’s Armenian population was entirely uprooted or killed. The village was later renamed Çakırtaş, and any trace of its Armenian past was systematically erased or left to decay.Category
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