Title : A Village Remembered: The Armenians of Habousi
Author : The Compatriotic Union of Habousi
Translator : Vatche Ghazarian, Ph.D.
Publication date : Mayreni Publishing, 1997
Language : English
Format : 16 x 23.5 cm
Description :
Source :
Date of online publication : 1970-01-01
Number of pages : 32

A Village Remembered: The Armenians of Habousi - The Compatriotic Union of Habousi
Editorial note
Forward
Preface to the Armenian Version
Acknowledgment
The Armenians
Chapter 1: The Region and Its People
Chapter 2: The Foundation of Habousi
Chapter 3: Historical Fragments
Chapter 4: The location and the Springs of Habousi
Chapter 5: Agriculture and Produce
Chapter 6: Trade and Trades
Chapter 7: Household Economy
Chapter 8: Administration
Chapter 9: Family and Holidays
Chapter 10: Engagement and Wedding
Chapter 11: Baptism
Chapter 12: Interesting Remedies
Chapter 13: Proverbs
Chapter 14: Songs, Puzzles, Games and Curses
Chapter 15: Folk Idioms
Chapter 16: The Aghas of the Village
Chapter 17: The School and the Church
Chapter 18: The Missionary Movement and the School
Chapter 19: On the Eve of the 1895 Massacres
Chapter 20: The Massacres and the Victims
Chapter 21: 1915 Genocide and Deportation
Chapter 22: Resilience and Resurrection
Chapter 23: The Patriotic Union of Habousi
Chapter 24: The Holy Cross Church of Lawrence
Chapter 25: Ararat Armenian Congregational Church
Chapter 26: Epilogue of the Armenian Version
Chapter 27: Overview of the Compatriotic Union of Habousi
Chapter 8:
Administration
The Kehyas of Habousi reported directly to the mudir headquartered in Mezre. Kehyas were responsible for the villagers. They kept track of their deeds and their taxes, and they settled disputes among the villagers.
1- “Bedel,” a military tax, 1 to 5 kurush, that Armenians paid each year for each male in the household from the day of the child’s birth. In return, the boy was released from military duty.
2- “Emlak,” a property tax on houses, vineyards, and lands. The largest share was paid on land. With insignificant exceptions, these lands belonged to the aghas and begs, but the tax was paid generally by the Armenian tenant farmers.
3- “Temetiv,” individual income tax. This was paid by the storekeeper, artisan, and even the monger who eked out a living selling a donkey-load of hay a day.
4- “Hungak” tax, one-tenth of the total production of grain crops.
6- Watermelon garden tax.
7- “Sharab Akhshasi” wine tax.
8- “Khamchour” tax on sheep, cattle, and other livestock.
9- Cotton tax called the “cotton cut. “
10- Construction tax, on a new construction, or renovation.
11- Window tax.
12- Education tax. This was collected from the Armenians but none of the proceeds were allocated to Armenian schools.
13- Sanitation tax. This tax cared for sewage, protected water and food supplies, and was sent to the village physicians into the village for vaccination against smallpox.
15- “Mekara Take.” A few times each year the police would raid the village and confiscate donkeys, other beasts of burden, and sometimes their owners, to serve the government.