Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/92675
Title: The Terra Nullius between the Contado of Split and the Pious Foundation (vakıf) of Rüstem Paşa c. 1574-1585
Author(s): Ursinus, MichaelLook up in the Integrated Authority File of the German National Library
Issue Date: 2021
Type: Article
Language: English
URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:5-1981185920-946275
Abstract: A synopsis of Venetian and Ottoman sources for the period 1574 – 1585 allows the reconstruction of a belt of no-man's land in the immediate hinterland of Split which separated the City's territorio from the çiftlik possessions of the famous Grand Vizier Damad Rüstem Paşa, son-in-law (damad) of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, which was made up of several mills and about 70 taxpaying Christian households. The Ottoman survey register BOA TD (Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi, tarhir defteri) 622 of 1585 is the first defter to record the grounds of this no-man's land. It refers to them as having been «unproductive» or «empty» of any regular agricultural activity since they were taken from the Venetians «at the time of conquest». By 1585 the grounds in question, consisting of fields and vineyards, were placed under the responsibility of the local cavalry troops (sipahi). It is likely that this belt of territory was «policed» by the fortress personnel of Klis and, more particularly, the nearby castellum of Lončarić and the kale of Kamengrad (Kamen).
URI: https://opendata.uni-halle.de//handle/1981185920/94627
http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/92675
Open Access: Open access publication
License: (CC BY-SA 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0(CC BY-SA 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0
Journal Title: Tusculum
Publisher Place: Solin
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page Start: 85
Page End: 92
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