Social and economic structure of Hamza Baba village in the mid-19th century : (According to the no: 2444 of i̇ncom register); [Hamza Baba köyü'nün XIX. Yüzyilin ortalarindaki̇ sosyal ve ekonomi̇k yapisi : (2444 numarali temettüat defteri'ne göre)]
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2014
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Hamza Baba is an Alawi-Bektashi village in Izmir, Kemalpasha. Name of the village is given after the lodge was established by Hamza Baba. In oral history, the establishment of the lodge goes back as far as 14th, 15th. cent AD. Otherwise chronicles start to give some information about Hamza Baba lodge in 1521-1522. The tomb of Hamza Baba is also in the same village after his name but the lodge did not survive. In Ottoman documents, some information is given about the settlement as a village in 1840. This paper examines the incom register (temettüat defteri) written in 1845. Information in register have been gathered in order to give some information about Hamza Baba Village's social and economic form. At this time the estimated population of the 10 housed village is 36. An income of the population is agriculture and public service. The job of heads of the household is given as farmer and laborer. In limited farming lands, sesame, wheat, barley, cotton, corn, grape, almond and olive cultivation have been carried on. According to production amount, the economic power of the inhabitants is quite weak. It is because the agricultural production does not met the consumption of the village. The only information about the existence of the lodge or tekke is the acceptance of one of the household as sheikh in the register.