Property Deed #73
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Property Deed #73Scope and Content
This Ottoman Turkish land title deed concerns a vineyard (bağ) located in Adana, in the locality recorded in the deed as Canib-i Şehir, Kireç Ocağı. The property boundaries are recorded as Arab to the east, Bedros to the west, Arslanoğlu’s vineyard to the north, and a public road to the south. The detailed boundary descriptions provide a valuable record of the local landscape and neighbouring landholders in Adana at the beginning of the twentieth century. The original owner is recorded as Movses Ağa, son of Karabet, identified in the deed as a subject of the Ottoman state (tebai Devlet-i Aliyye'den). The reason for the transfer is stated as his sale of the property. The new owner is recorded as Ağsa, daughter of Yapıcı (Yapidjian?) Giragos, likewise identified as a subject of the Ottoman state. The deed therefore documents a transfer of agricultural property between two Ottoman Armenian individuals. The property is recorded as a vineyard, with its value stated as 1,000 kuruş. The combination of the original owner's and new owner's names, together with the explicit identification of both as Ottoman subjects, makes this deed particularly interesting for the study of Armenian property ownership and economic life in Adana during the late Ottoman period. Dated March 1318 (March 1902), this original Ottoman land deed provides a detailed glimpse into property ownership, agricultural landholding and the legal transfer of real estate in Adana.Category
Property Deeds