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Sinirname
Ottoman Empire legal document From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Sınırname was a type of document in the Ottoman empire, representing an area of land;[1] similar to a modern title deed, although often describing a larger area such as a village or district, rather than a single residence.[2]

A sınırname would be granted by a higher authority - even the sultan. It would describe the boundary of the land.[3] A sınırname might be issued like a land grant, or it might be issued following resolution of a border dispute[4] (for instance, by a kadi).
Sınırname also described land usage; they were parallel to the system of defters which were used for taxation.[5]
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