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Rakka Eyalet

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The eyalet of Rakka or Urfa (ایالت رقه; Eyālet-i Raqqa) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. [1]

19 relations: Al Anbar Governorate, Anah, Deyr ü Rahba, Diyar Rabi'a, Diyarbekir Eyalet, Edessa, Elâzığ, Evliya Çelebi, Eyalet, Harran, Hīt District, Jemasa, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Ottoman Empire, Raqqa, Raqqa Governorate, Suruç, Urfa, Vali (governor).

Al Anbar Governorate

Al Anbar Governorate (محافظة الأنبار; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area.

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Anah

Anah or Ana (عانة, ʾĀna), formerly also known as Anna, is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates river, approximately midway between the Gulf of Alexandretta and the Persian Gulf.

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Deyr ü Rahba

Deyr ü Rahba (دير الرهبة) listed as a district of the Abbasid province of Diyar Bakr, the Arabic name means the land of the Priests (geographically Syriac Priests), the name remained in use for a Kurdish chiefdom until 1626 when the whole district was transferred to Eyalet Raqqa.

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Diyar Rabi'a

Diyār Rabī‘a ("abode of Rabi'a") is the medieval Arabic name of the easternmost and largest of the three provinces of the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia), the other two being Diyar Bakr and Diyar Mudar.

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Diyarbekir Eyalet

The Eyalet of Diyarbekir (ایالت دیاربكر; Eyālet-i Diyār-i Bekr) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

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Edessa

Edessa (Ἔδεσσα; الرها ar-Ruhā; Şanlıurfa; Riha) was a city in Upper Mesopotamia, founded on an earlier site by Seleucus I Nicator ca.

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Elâzığ

Elazığ) is a city in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, and the administrative center of Elazığ Province. It is located in the uppermost Euphrates valley. The plain on which the city extends has an altitude of 1067 metres. Elazığ resembles an inland peninsula surrounded by the natural Lake Hazar and reservoirs of Keban Dam, Karakaya Dam, Kıralkızı and Özlüce.http://www.kultur.gov.tr/genel/medya/iltanitimbrosuru-eng/elazig_eng.pdf Elazığ initially developed in 1834 as an extension of the historic city of Harput, which was situated on a hill and difficult to access in winter.

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Evliya Çelebi

Mehmed Zilli (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (اوليا چلبى), was an Ottoman explorer who travelled through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years, recording his commentary in a travelogue called the Seyahatname ("Book of Travel").

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Eyalet

Eyalets (ایالت,, English: State), also known as beylerbeyliks or pashaliks, were a primary administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.

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Harran

Harran (حران,Harran, حران) was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak, Turkey, 44 kilometers southeast of Şanlıurfa.

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Hīt District

Hīt is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq.

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Jemasa

Jemasa, Jammasa or Al Jammasa (الجمّاسة; Cammasa; Gammasa) a Euphrates Arab tribal Federation that was centered around the Lower Khabur region.

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Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall

Baron Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (9 June 1774 in Graz – 23 November 1856 in Vienna) was an Austrian orientalist and historian.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.

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Raqqa

Raqqa (الرقة; Kurdish: Reqa) also called Raqa, Rakka and Al-Raqqah is a city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo.

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Raqqa Governorate

Raqqa Governorate (Muḥāfaẓat ar-Raqqah) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria.

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Suruç

Suruç (italic) is a rural district and city of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on a plain near the Syrian border south-west of the city of Urfa (36° 58' 33.9" N, 38° 25' 32.8" E).

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Urfa

Urfa, officially known as Şanlıurfa (Riha); Ուռհա Uṙha in Armenian, and known in ancient times as Edessa, is a city with 561,465 inhabitants in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province.

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Vali (governor)

Wāli or vali (from Arabic والي Wāli) is an administrative title that was used during the Caliphate and Ottoman Empire to designate governors of administrative divisions.

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Ana ve Hit, Ar-Raqqah Province, Ottoman Empire, Eyalet Raqqa, Eyalet of Ar Ruha, Eyalet of Raqqa, Eyalet of ar-Raqqah, Pashalik of Rakka, Rakka Province, Ottoman Empire, Raqqa Eyalet, Ruha Province, Ottoman Empire, Urfa Eyalet.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakka_Eyalet

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