Property Deed #37
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Property Deed #37Scope and Content
This document is an official Ottoman deed recording a debt transaction secured by land, dated 8 Teşrin-i Evvel 1327 (October/November 1911) and executed in Adana. The property concerned is state land (arz-ı miri) consisting of a vineyard located in the Yılanlı locality (circa 37.0124108, 35.2868065) of Adana. The vineyard measures 9 dönüms, 4 evleks, and 82 arşıns. Its boundaries are defined as follows: to the east, the property of Kazancı Garabed; to the west, a stream; to the south, land belonging to Manuk, son of Çolak Bogos; and to the north, the property of Habib Efendi. The debtor is Deynekci Mıgırdiç oğlu Boghos, and the creditor is Ohannes Piloyan Efendi, who also acts as the agent for the transfer. Both parties are Armenian residents of the area. Under the terms of the agreement, beginning on 8 Teşrin-i Evvel 1327, the debtor borrowed 820 kuruş for a term of one year. As security for this loan, the debtor voluntarily and in a single legal act (ferâğ) transferred the usufruct rights to the vineyard to the creditor for the duration of the loan. A one-year annotation was placed on the title deed, effectively functioning as a lease-based security arrangement, whereby the creditor held the right to the property’s use until repayment. In practical terms, the deed records a one-year mortgage-like transaction in which a vineyard in Adana was temporarily transferred as collateral for an 820-kuruş loan, without conveying permanent ownership, in accordance with Ottoman land law governing state land (arz-ı miri).Category
Property Deeds