The book is a product of the Ottoman Cyprus Research Project, which was
launched in 2010 as part of the Programm of Ottoman Studies at the
Institute of Historical Research (National Hellenic Research
Foundation). The priority and main concern is to publish archival
material and original studies which deal with topics from the Ottoman
period on the island. Volume II.2 presents aspects of the history of
Nicosia from seven censuses (1839, 1842, 1843, 1884, 1845, 1847-8,
1877). These are included in twelve population registers that have been
discovered to date in the Osmanli Basbakanlik Arsivi (Istanbul) and the
National Archives of Kyrenia. They consist partly of a regular
population registration system introduced by the Tanzimat Reforms.