Transcription and evaluation of the Population Pook of the Central Kaza of Mosul, State of Mosul, Number 3741, Dated 1255 H. 1255

Population shows the number of people residing in a region in a certain period of time. Although the first population censuses in the Ottoman Empire were conducted in the 15th and 16th centuries, they did not yield much result, but the systematic census conducted in 1831 during the reign of Mahmut II was the first census that we can characterize in the modern sense. Since the main purpose of this census was focused on tax and military recruitment, we do not have information about the full population. Since then, population censuses have been conducted at regular intervals and have undergone changes over time to produce clearer results until today. The Mosul Province Mosul Central District Population Book No. 3741 dated 1255 AH, which we have chosen as the subject of our study, was recorded in the year 1 Muharram 1255 Hijri / March 17, 1839 Gregorian Our Population Book indicates the neighborhoods and the number of households in the center of Mosul. It provides information about the physical characteristics, occupations, health problems, migration mobility and occupations of the people in this population book, which was carried out by the state for the purpose of recruiting soldiers and taxation.