Governing property, making the modern state - PSI424

1895 1921 1910
Holding House House Gardens, figs Musha‘ Share Holding Share Share Nufus
no. no. value no. no. no. qirat fraction household
26 691 2000 719 740 1 15 14 0.583
27 692 2000 720 739 0.5 19–20 18 0.75
14 676 700 730 1.5 32 3 0.125
4 666 2000 703 47 7.75 0.323 19
8 670 1000 10 14 0.583 39
2 664 1500
6 668 1500
16 680 1000
19 683 500
21 685 1200
28 698
29 702, 705 56
30 704
33 729 2 16–18, 57 2.375
28, 31
42 12 0.5 33
43 12 0.5 34
46 31.25 1.302
4, 62, 69
11
13
16
22
27
40
54
65
66
36 864 36
expected if registration of landholdings genuinely reflected the way land was
worked. Moreover, in a plains village the small number of houses held by those
without land is remarkable.
The houses vary in value from 1,000 guruş to 5,000, the average being 2,300.
Five thousand guruş for a house is comparatively high for the district (see Map
5.6). The four houses of non-landholders are no less substantial than the others,
valued at 2,000, 1,500, 3,000 and 2,000 guruş respectively. Despite the high
minimum value, there is no evidence of another factor at work in the house list,
such as only registering houses built of basalt, that might explain both the high
valuation of houses and exclusion of those who lived in less substantial dwellings
such as tents or Roman ruins.
(3) The registration of a joint holding of six shares out of 30 in the musha‘
plough land, held by all 15 sets of shareholders, is another feature without parallel
in other villages. 14 It points to two tiers of tenure, one by the shareholders, the
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Two plains villages