From the Pages of the Defter (ص 121)

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From the Pages of the Defter (ص 121)

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also claimed ownership of residences #31 and #32, one valued at 1,500 kurus and the other
at 750 kurus. His son, ‘Uthman b. ‘Ali Ahmad, claimed residence #2, which was valued at
1,750 kurus. This group of residences is represented by the red lines.
The second-highest valued residence in the village, structure #17, valued at 2,000
kurus, was registered in the name of Mahmoud b. Muhammad Ibrahim. His properties are
shown with the green line. Mahmoud also claimed residence #20, valued at 750 kurus. The
other oda in what we have described as the upper stratum was structure # 34, valued at
1,500 kurus. It was claimed by Ahmad b. Mifrah Ahmad, represented by the yellow line. He
also registered one of the six residences valued at 1,000 kurus. The fourth owner of two
residences was Ahmad b. Mustafa, who is represented by the purple line. His odas,
structures #7 and #9 in the register, were valued at 1,000 and 750 kurus, respectively.
Of course, all this raises the question: how did this situation on paper translate in
reality? Who was living in these individuals’ second (and in ‘Ali’s case, third) residences?
There are a number of plausible answers to this question. For example, it is possible the
ownership claimed in the eml/ak register was merely the family patron’s assumption of
responsibility for the tax burden for another family member’s residence. It is possible that
some of these men had two wives. One may also wonder if this was an attempt by the older
generation to keep the residence owners of conscription age off the registration books;
according to the theory of the conventional narrative discussed in the Introduction, this
happened with regularity. Whatever may have been the case in the 1870s, we do know that
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Susynne McElrone

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