Property Deed #74
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Property Deed #74Scope and Content
Dated 11 Muharrem 1301 (12 November 1883), this Ottoman Turkish land title deed concerns an agricultural field located in Meşker (Mashgerd) Village, Eğin District, Mamuretülaziz Province. The village is identified today as Çakırtaş Village. The property is classified as arazi-i mîrî (state-owned land), and its boundaries are recorded as being adjacent to properties or lands associated with Kirkor, the holder of another deed, Kabir, and Bogos. The deed therefore preserves several Armenian names within the immediate landholding landscape of the village. The property is described as a field capable of accommodating two ölçek of seed, while its assessed value is recorded as 60 kuruş. The reason for issuing the title is stated as hakk-ı karar. In the Ottoman legal system, hakk-ı karar referred to the right by which a person who had continuously cultivated and worked mîrî land for the legally recognized period, without another person successfully asserting a claim to it, could obtain the right to have the land registered to them through a title deed. The title holder is recorded as Mıgırdiç, son of Avid.Category
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