Greece Pyrgos Ottoman Property and Land Tax Register Empire Balkans Yelbergos

Yelbergos (Pyrgos) Ottoman Property and Land Tax Register – Ottoman Balkans

Description:

This large-format original Ottoman Turkish document is an official property and land tax register concerning Yelbergos, a village that was part of the Ottoman Empire at the time the register was compiled. Such official records were used by the Ottoman administration to document property holdings, establish ownership and determine taxation and taxable income from land and other immovable properties.

The register contains detailed information concerning individual properties and landholdings within the village. Entries include the name of the village, locality (mevki), property type (cins), category or nature of the property (nevi), boundaries (hudud), area measured in dönüm and other details relating to the recorded holdings. The tabular structure allows numerous individual properties and their characteristics to be documented systematically.

Yelbergos is the historical name recorded in the document for the village known today as Pyrgos (Πύργος), located in the Evros (Meriç) region of northeastern Greece, in Western Thrace. The document therefore relates to a settlement that was within Ottoman territory when the record was produced but is today located within the borders of Greece.

The large 57 × 41 cm format provides considerable space for recording detailed administrative information and preserves an unusually substantial amount of data relating to a single Ottoman settlement. As a primary administrative source, the document offers valuable information for studying historical property ownership, land use, taxation, settlement patterns and local geography.

For collectors of Ottoman Balkan history, this is a particularly compelling documentary piece because it preserves detailed information about a settlement that is now part of Greece. The combination of property records, land measurements, boundaries and local geographical information makes the document especially interesting for collections focusing on Ottoman Thrace, Balkan history, historical land registration and Ottoman administrative records.

Key Features:

• Title: Yelbergos (Pyrgos) Ottoman Property and Land Tax Register

• Document Type: Ottoman Property and Land Tax Register

• Location: Yelbergos, present-day Pyrgos (Πύργος), Evros (Meriç), Greece

• Historical Region: Western Thrace / Ottoman Balkans

• Administrative Purpose: Recording property, landholdings, ownership and taxable values and income

• Recorded Information: Village name, locality, property type, category, boundaries, area and other property details

• Property Information: Houses, plots, agricultural land and other immovable properties

• Land Measurement: Dönüm

• Dimensions: 57 × 41 cm

• Language: Ottoman Turkish

• Format: Large-format tabular administrative register

• Historical Significance: Provides detailed information concerning property, land use, taxation and local geography in an Ottoman settlement now located in Greece

• Collectible Significance: A highly informative Ottoman administrative document of particular interest to collectors of Ottoman Balkan history, Western Thrace, land records, taxation, historical geography and property documentation