Reclamation of Agrarian Space in Parts of Ottoman Rumeli, 15th – 16th centuries (Case study of the kaza of Eskihisar Zağra)

Milena PETKOVA

doi:https://doi.org/10.21021/osmed.865451

Makale detayları

Reclamation of Agrarian Space in Parts of Ottoman Rumeli, 15th – 16th centuries (Case study of the kaza of Eskihisar Zağra)

Yazarlar:

Milena PETKOVA

Yayıncı:

Selim Hilmi ÖZKAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies 2021 Issue 12, pp.32-41

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000562222

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2458-9519

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21021/osmed.865451

Özet:

 

The study focuses on the process of reclamation of agrarian space on the territory of the Thracian valley, the kaza of Eskihisar Zağra. Based on different archival material – ottoman registrations of 15th and 16th centuries, chronicles and travelllers’ accounts it reveals features of the local environment and the adaptation of the colonized Muslim population to the conquered territories. In the analyses of the economic activities and the agrarian profile of the villages we use a different approach which is more secure in times of inflation as it was the last decades of the 16th century. We define the number and quantity of different agrarian productions but not as a quantity in money but to show each agrarian production as a tax portion to the total tax portion of the villages instead of comparing enlisted numbers of the registered taxes. It traces back the process of reclamation of the agrarian space by revealing the agrarian profile of the registered newly established settlements. The main observations refer to the role of the semi-nomadic groups of the yürüks who were engaged more in agriculture, than in pastoral nomadism.

 

The study focuses on the process of reclamation of agrarian space on the territory of the Thracian valley, the kaza of Eskihisar Zağra. Based on different archival material – ottoman registrations of 15th and 16th centuries, chronicles and travelllers’ accounts it reveals features of the local environment and the adaptation of the colonized Muslim population to the conquered territories. In the analyses of the economic activities and the agrarian profile of the villages we use a different approach which is more secure in times of inflation as it was the last decades of the 16th century. We define the number and quantity of different agrarian productions but not as a quantity in money but to show each agrarian production as a tax portion to the total tax portion of the villages instead of comparing enlisted numbers of the registered taxes. It traces back the process of reclamation of the agrarian space by revealing the agrarian profile of the registered newly established settlements. The main observations refer to the role of the semi-nomadic groups of the yürüks who were engaged more in agriculture, than in pastoral nomadism.

Makale detayları

Reclamation of Agrarian Space in Parts of Ottoman Rumeli, 15th – 16th centuries (Case study of the kaza of Eskihisar Zağra)

Yazarlar: Milena PETKOVA

Yayıncı: Selim Hilmi ÖZKAN

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies 2021 Issue 12, pp.32-41

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000562222

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2458-9519

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21021/osmed.865451

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Milena PETKOVA

Yayıncı:

Selim Hilmi ÖZKAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Journal of Ottoman Civilization Studies 2021 Issue 12, pp.32-41

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000562222

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2458-9519

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21021/osmed.865451