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

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