Abstract:

Nusaybin, which was one of the significant cities in terms of military, administrative, economic, and cultural aspects in the region during the Antiquity and Medieval Ages, had lost its former importance as a result of some developments. Immediately after the Diyarbekir Region came under the Ottoman domination as a result of the intermediary activities of İdris-i Bitlisi, Nusaybin became a sub-district of Mardin province. After the demographic, settlement and economic changes which Nusaybin confronted when it became an Ottoman city, Nusaybin became a sub-province and then later an independent sanjak within the administrative structure of the region. This research is based on the data mostly obtained from the four different land registry books. These records consisted of the cadastral datas were kept after the region came under the Ottoman rule. By comparing the data obtained from these cadastral records of the period between 1518 and 1567, the administrative structure, demographic status, religious practices, settlement characteristics, and economic volume of the city are examined with details.

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