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135 relations: Adana vilayet, Administrative division, Adrianople vilayet, Afyonkarahisar, Aidin vilayet, Albanian language, Aleppo vilayet, Angora vilayet, Arabic, Arabic verbs, Armenian language, Arrondissement, Çanakkale, Çatalca, İzmit, Baghdad vilayet, Basra vilayet, Beirut vilayet, Benghazi, Beylik of Teke, Biga, Çanakkale, Bitlis vilayet, Bolu Sanjak, Bosnia vilayet, Bulgarian language, Canik, Canton (administrative division), Choristi, Christianity in the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople vilayet, Corps de droit ottoman, County, Danube vilayet, Dardanelles, Demetrius Nicolaides, District, Diyarbekir vilayet, Eastern Rumelia, Encyclopædia Britannica, Eparchy, Erzurum vilayet, Eskişehir, Eyalet, French language, Greek language, Gregory Aristarchis, Hüdavendigâr vilayet, History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire, Intentional community, Islam in the Ottoman Empire, ... Expand index (85 more) »
- Former types of subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
- Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire
Adana vilayet
The Vilayet of Adana (ولايت اطنه, Vilâyet-i Adana) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in the south-east of Asia Minor, which encompassed the region of Cilicia.
Administrative division
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, #-level subdivisions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divided. Vilayet and administrative division are types of administrative division.
See Vilayet and Administrative division
Adrianople vilayet
The Vilayet of Adrianople or Vilayet of Edirne (ولايت ادرنه; Vilâyet-i Edirne) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Adrianople vilayet
Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar (afyon 'poppy, opium', kara 'black', hisar 'fortress') is a city in western Turkey.
See Vilayet and Afyonkarahisar
Aidin vilayet
Map of subdivisions of Aidin Vilayet in 1907 The Vilayet of Aidin or Aydin (translit, vilayet d'Aïdin) also known as Vilayet of Smyrna or Izmir after its administrative centre, was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in the south-west of Asia Minor, including the ancient regions of Lydia, Ionia, Caria and western Lycia.
Albanian language
Albanian (endonym: shqip, gjuha shqipe, or arbërisht) is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group.
See Vilayet and Albanian language
Aleppo vilayet
The Vilayet of Aleppo (Vilâyet-i Halep; Wilāyat Ḥalab) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, centered on the city of Aleppo.
See Vilayet and Aleppo vilayet
Angora vilayet
The Vilayet of Angora (Vilâyet-i Ankara) or Ankara was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, centered on the city of Angora (Ankara) in north-central Anatolia, which included most of ancient Galatia.
See Vilayet and Angora vilayet
Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Arabic verbs
Arabic verbs (فِعْل; أَفْعَال), like the verbs in other Semitic languages, and the entire vocabulary in those languages, are based on a set of two to five (but usually three) consonants called a root (triliteral or quadriliteral according to the number of consonants).
Armenian language
Armenian (endonym) is an Indo-European language and the sole member of the independent branch of the Armenian language family.
See Vilayet and Armenian language
Arrondissement
An arrondissement is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Vilayet and arrondissement are types of administrative division.
See Vilayet and Arrondissement
Çanakkale
Çanakkale is a city and seaport in Turkey on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point.
Çatalca
Çatalca is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
İzmit
İzmit is a municipality and the capital district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey.
Baghdad vilayet
The Vilayet of Baghdad (ولاية بغداد; 'Vilâyet-i Bagdad; Modern Turkish: Bağdat Vilâyeti) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in modern-day central Iraq.
See Vilayet and Baghdad vilayet
Basra vilayet
The Basra Vilayet (Vilâyet-i Basra) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
Beirut vilayet
The Vilayet of Beirut (ولاية بيروت) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Beirut vilayet
Benghazi
Benghazi (lit. Son of Ghazi) is the second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 1,207,250 in 2020.
Beylik of Teke
The Anatolian beylik of Teke (Tekeoğulları Beyliği, 1321–1423), with its capital at Antalya, was one of the frontier principalities established by Oghuz Turkish clans after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm.
See Vilayet and Beylik of Teke
Biga, Çanakkale
Biga is a city in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey.
See Vilayet and Biga, Çanakkale
Bitlis vilayet
Bitlis Vilayet (Բիթլիսի վիլայեթ Bit'lisi vilayet', Ottoman Turkish: ولایت بتليس) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Bitlis vilayet
Bolu Sanjak
Sanjak of Bolu (Liva-i Bolu, Bolu Sancağı) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire.
Bosnia vilayet
The Bosnia Vilayet was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, mostly comprising the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with minor parts of modern Montenegro.
See Vilayet and Bosnia vilayet
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian (bŭlgarski ezik) is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeast Europe, primarily in Bulgaria.
See Vilayet and Bulgarian language
Canik
Canik is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.
Canton (administrative division)
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. Vilayet and canton (administrative division) are types of administrative division.
See Vilayet and Canton (administrative division)
Choristi
Choristi (Χωριστή, before 1927: Τσατάλτζα – Tsataltza, Чаталджа – Chataldzha) is a town in Drama municipality, Drama regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace region, Greece.
Christianity in the Ottoman Empire
Under the Ottoman Empire's millet system, Christians and Jews were considered dhimmi (meaning "protected") under Ottoman law in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the jizya tax.
See Vilayet and Christianity in the Ottoman Empire
Constantinople vilayet
The Vilayet of Constantinople or Istanbul (Vilâyet-i İstanbul, Vilayet de Constantinople) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, encompassing the imperial capital, Constantinople (Istanbul).
See Vilayet and Constantinople vilayet
Corps de droit ottoman
Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman ("Ottoman Body of Law: Compendium the Most Important Codes, Laws, Regulations, and Acts of Domestic Law, and Studies of Customary Law, of the Ottoman Empire") is a 1905–1906 seven-volume French-language collection of Ottoman Empire law edited by George Young (1872–1952), published by Clarendon Press in the United Kingdom.
See Vilayet and Corps de droit ottoman
County
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Vilayet and county are types of administrative division.
Danube vilayet
The Vilayet of the Danube or Danubian Vilayet (Vilâyet-i Tuna; Дунавска област, Dunavska(ta) oblast, (at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 42 (PDF p. 44/338). more commonly Дунавски вилает, Danube Vilayet; Vilayet du Danube) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire from 1864 to 1878.
See Vilayet and Danube vilayet
Dardanelles
The Dardanelles (lit; translit), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (Helle), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.
Demetrius Nicolaides
Demetrius Nicolaides (Δημήτριος Νικολαΐδης Dimitrios Nikolaidis; Démétrius Nicolaïdes; Strauss, A Constitution for a Multilingual Empire, p. 29 (PDF p. 31) – 3 July 1915Balta and Kavak, p., via Google Books), also known as Nikolaidis Efendi,Balta and Kavak, p., via Google Books was an Ottoman Greek journalist and compiler of legislation.
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District
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Vilayet and district are types of administrative division.
Diyarbekir vilayet
The Vilayet of Diyâr-ı Bekr (ولايت دياربكر, Vilâyet-i Diyarbakır) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, wholly located within what is now modern Turkey.
See Vilayet and Diyarbekir vilayet
Eastern Rumelia
Eastern Rumelia (Iztochna Rumeliya; رومالی شرقى|Rumeli-i Şarkî; Anatoliki Romylia) was an autonomous province (oblast in Bulgarian, vilayet in Turkish) of the Ottoman Empire with a total area of 32,978 km2, which was created in 1878 by virtue of the Treaty of Berlin and de facto ceased to exist in 1885, when it was united with the Principality of Bulgaria, also under nominal Ottoman suzerainty.
See Vilayet and Eastern Rumelia
Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Eparchy
Eparchy (ἐπαρχία eparchía "overlordship") is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity.
Erzurum vilayet
The Vilayet of Erzurum (ولايت ارضروم, Vilâyet-i Erzurum) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Erzurum vilayet
Eskişehir
Eskişehir (from eski 'old' and şehir 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province.
Eyalet
Eyalets (ایالت), also known as beylerbeyliks or pashaliks, were the primary administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Vilayet and Eyalet are former types of subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire and types of administrative division.
French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
See Vilayet and Greek language
Gregory Aristarchis
Gregory "Ligor" Aristarchis (Γρηγόριος Αριστάρχης Grigorios Aristarchis; Grégoire Aristarchi; 1843 (at Martin Luther University) - Cited: p. 27 (PDF p. 29)–1914), also known as Aristarchi Bey, was an Ottoman diplomat of PhanarioteKuneralp, Sinan.
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Hüdavendigâr vilayet
The Hüdavendigâr Vilayet (Vilâyet-i Hüdavendigâr) or Bursa Vilayet after its administrative centre, was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Hüdavendigâr vilayet
History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire
By the time the Ottoman Empire rose to power in the 14th and 15th centuries, there had been Jewish communities established throughout the region.
See Vilayet and History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire
Intentional community
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork.
See Vilayet and Intentional community
Islam in the Ottoman Empire
Sunni Islam was the official religion of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Islam in the Ottoman Empire
Janina vilayet
The Vilayet of Janina, Yanya or Ioannina (Vilâyet-i Yanya) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1867.
See Vilayet and Janina vilayet
Jerusalem Sanjak
The Sanjak of Jerusalem (Sancâk-ı Kudüs; Sanjaq al-Quds) was an Ottoman sanjak that formed part of the Damascus Eyalet for much of its existence.
See Vilayet and Jerusalem Sanjak
Judaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym djudeoespanyol, Hebrew script), also known as Ladino, is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish.
See Vilayet and Judaeo-Spanish
Kahramanmaraş
Kahramanmaraş, historically Marash (Maraş; Մարաշ) and Germanicea (Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey and the administrative centre of Kahramanmaraş province.
Kastamonu vilayet
The Vilayet of Kastamonu (Vilâyet-i Kastamuni) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1867 and abolished in 1922.
See Vilayet and Kastamonu vilayet
Kaymakam
Kaymakam, also known by many other romanizations, was a title used by various officials of the Ottoman Empire, including acting grand viziers, governors of provincial sanjaks, and administrators of district kazas.
Kayseri
Kayseri is a large city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province.
Kaza
A kaza (قضا, "judgment" or "jurisdiction") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. Vilayet and kaza are Arabic words and phrases, subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire and types of administrative division.
See Vilayet and Kaza
Kütahya
Kütahya (historically, Cotyaeum or Kotyaion; Greek: Κοτύαιον) is a city in western Turkey which lies on the Porsuk River, at 969 metres above sea level.
Khedivate of Egypt
The Khedivate of Egypt (or خُدَيْوِيَّةُ مِصْرَ,; خدیویت مصر) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire, established and ruled by the Muhammad Ali Dynasty following the defeat and expulsion of Napoleon Bonaparte's forces which brought an end to the short-lived French occupation of Lower Egypt.
See Vilayet and Khedivate of Egypt
Khedive
Khedive (hıdiv; khudaywī) was an honorific title of Classical Persian origin used for the sultans and grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire, but most famously for the viceroy of Egypt from 1805 to 1914.
Konya vilayet
The Vilayet of Konya (Vilâyet-i Konya) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor which included the whole, or parts of, the ancient regions of Pamphylia, Pisidia, Phrygia, Lycaonia, Cilicia and Cappadocia.
Kosovo vilayet
The Vilayet of Kosovo (ولايت قوصوه, Vilâyet-i Kosova; Kosova Vilayeti; Vilajeti i Kosovës;, Kosovski vilajet) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Peninsula which included the modern-day territory of Kosovo and the north-western part of the Republic of North Macedonia.
See Vilayet and Kosovo vilayet
Language contact
Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact with and influence each other.
See Vilayet and Language contact
Législation ottomane
Législation ottomane, ou Recueil des lois, règlements, ordonnances, traités, capitulations et autres documents officiels de l'Empire ottoman is a collection of Ottoman law published by Gregory Aristarchis (as Grégoire Aristarchi) and edited by Demetrius Nicolaides (as Démétrius Nicolaïdes).
See Vilayet and Législation ottomane
Lingua franca
A lingua franca (for plurals see), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.
List of Ottoman ministers of finance
This is a list of the top officials in charge of the finances of the Ottoman Empire, called (Turkish for bookkeepers; from the Persian دفتردار daftardâr, دفتر daftar + دار dâr) between the 14th and 19th centuries and Maliye Naziri (Minister of Finance) between 19th and 20th centuries.
See Vilayet and List of Ottoman ministers of finance
List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire
The sultans of the Ottoman Empire (Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.
See Vilayet and List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Loanword
A loanword (also a loan word, loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language (the recipient or target language), through the process of borrowing.
Mamuret-ul-Aziz vilayet
The Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz,Vilayet of Ma'muretül'aziz, Redhouse Yeni Türkçe-İngilizce Sözlük, On İkinci Basım, Redhouse Yayınevi, 1991,, p. 729, Ma'mûretü'l-Azîz, Ma'muretül Aziz or Mamûretü'l-Azîz (Ottoman: ولايت معمورة العزيز Vilâyet-i Ma'muretül'azizor معمورة العزيز ولايتى Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyeti, (The Yearbook of the Vilayet of Ma'muretül'aziz), 1894, "Yearbook of the Vilayet of Ma'muretül'aziz"), Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyet matbaası,, 1312.
See Vilayet and Mamuret-ul-Aziz vilayet
Manastir vilayet
The Vilayet of Manastir (Vilâyet-i Manastır) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, created in 1874, dissolved in 1877 and re-established in 1879.
See Vilayet and Manastir vilayet
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg.
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Menteshe
Menteshe (منتشه, Menteşe) was the first of the Anatolian beyliks, the frontier principalities established by the Oghuz Turks after the decline of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum.
Mersin
Mersin is a large city and port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Türkiye.
Midhat Pasha
Ahmed Shefik Midhat Pasha (translit; 1822 – 26 April 1883) was an Ottoman politician, reformist, and statesman.
Military of the Ottoman Empire
The military of the Ottoman Empire (Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Military of the Ottoman Empire
Millet (Ottoman Empire)
In the Ottoman Empire, a millet (ملت) was an independent court of law pertaining to "personal law" under which a confessional community (a group abiding by the laws of Muslim sharia, Christian canon law, or Jewish halakha) was allowed to rule itself under its own laws. Vilayet and millet (Ottoman Empire) are Arabic words and phrases and subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Millet (Ottoman Empire)
Mosul vilayet
The Mosul Vilayet (ولاية الموصل; Vilâyet-i Musul) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
Mount Athos
Mount Athos (Ἄθως) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece.
Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
The Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate (1861–1918, translit) was one of the Ottoman Empire's subdivisions following the Tanzimat reform.
See Vilayet and Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
Mukhtar
A mukhtar (chosen one; μουχτάρης) is a village chief in the Levant: "an old institution that goes back to the time of the Ottoman rule". Vilayet and mukhtar are Arabic words and phrases.
Mutasarrif
Mutasarrif, mutesarrif, mutasarriff, or mutesarriff (متصرّف) was the title used in the Ottoman Empire and places like post-Ottoman Iraq for the governor of an administrative district in place of the usual sanjakbey. Vilayet and mutasarrif are subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire.
Nahiyah
A nāḥiyah (نَاحِيَة, plural nawāḥī نَوَاحِي), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. Vilayet and nahiyah are Arabic words and phrases, former types of subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire and types of administrative division.
Niğde
Niğde (Νίγδη; Hittite: Nahita, Naxita) is a city and the capital of in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey.
Orient-Institut Istanbul
The Orient-Institut Istanbul is a research institute of the Max Weber Foundation based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Ottoman Crete
The island of Crete (script) was declared an Ottoman province (eyalet) in 1646, after the Ottomans managed to conquer the western part of the island as part of the Cretan War, but the Venetians maintained their hold on the capital Candia, until 1669, when Francesco Morosini surrendered the keys of the town.
Ottoman Cyprus
The Eyalet of Cyprus (ایالت قبرص, Eyālet-i Ḳıbrıṣ) was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire made up of the island of Cyprus, which was annexed into the Empire in 1571.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
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Ottoman Reform Edict of 1856
The Imperial Reform Edict (اصلاحات خط همايونى, Islâhat Hatt-ı Hümâyûnu; Modern Islâhat Fermânı) was a February 18, 1856 edict of the Ottoman government and part of the Tanzimat reforms.
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Ottoman Tripolitania
Ottoman Tripolitania, also known as the Regency of Tripoli, was officially ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1551 to 1912.
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Ottoman Tunisia
Ottoman Tunisia, also known as the Regency of Tunis, refers to the Ottoman presence in Ifriqiya from the 16th to 19th centuries, when Tunis was officially integrated into the Ottoman Empire as the Eyalet of Tunis.
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Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish (Lisân-ı Osmânî,; Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language in the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE).
See Vilayet and Ottoman Turkish
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.
Principality of Samos
The Principality of Samos (Ηγεμονία της Σάμου,; italic; Sisam Beyliği) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire from 1834 to 1912.
See Vilayet and Principality of Samos
Province
A province is an administrative division within a country or state. Vilayet and province are types of administrative division.
Provinces of Turkey
Turkiye is divided into 81 provinces (il).
See Vilayet and Provinces of Turkey
Salonica vilayet
The Vilayet of Salonica (Vilâyet-i Selânik) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire from 1867 to 1912.
See Vilayet and Salonica vilayet
Sanjak
A sanjak (سنجاق,, "flag, banner") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. Vilayet and sanjak are former types of subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire and types of administrative division.
Sanjak of Avlona
The Sanjak of Avlona (Avlonya Sancağı, Sanxhaku i Vlorës; sometimes referred to as the Sanjak of Berat because of its county town) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire whose county town was Berat in Albania.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Avlona
Sanjak of Üsküp
The Sanjak of Üsküp was one of the sanjaks in the Ottoman Empire, with Üsküb (modern-day Skopje) as its administrative centre.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Üsküp
Sanjak of Dibra
The Sanjak of Dibra, Debar, or Dibër (Debre Sancağı, Sanxhaku i Dibrës, translit) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Dibra
Sanjak of Gelibolu
The Sanjak of Gelibolu or Gallipoli (Ottoman Turkish: Sancak-i/Liva-i Gelibolu) was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) encompassing the Gallipoli Peninsula and a portion of southern Thrace.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Gelibolu
Sanjak of Ioannina
The Sanjak of Ioannina (variously also Janina or Yanina, Sanjak-i Yanya) was a sanjak (second-level province) of the Ottoman Empire whose capital was Ioannina in Epirus.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Ioannina
Sanjak of Karasi
Karasi Sanjak, (Turkish: Karesi Sancağı; c. 1341–1922) was one of the first sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire established around 1341 and disestablished after signing the Treaty of Lausanne.
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Sanjak of Niš
The Sanjak of Niš (Turkish: Niş Sancağı; Serbian: Нишки санџак, romanized: Niški Sandžak; Albanian: Sanxhaku i Nishit; Bulgarian: Нишки санджак, romanized: Nishki sandzhak) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire and its county town was Niš.
Sanjak of Novi Pazar
The Sanjak of Novi Pazar (Новопазарски санџак; Sanxhaku i Pazarit të Ri; Yeni Pazar sancağı) was an Ottoman sanjak (second-level administrative unit) that was created in 1865.
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Sanjak of Ohrid
The Sanjak of Ohri (Ohri Sancağı, Sanxhaku i Ohrit, Охридски санджак, Охридски санџак) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire established in 1395.
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Sanjak of Preveza
The Sanjak of Preveza (سنجاق پرهوزه,; Σαντζάκι Πρεβέζης), also once known as the Liva of Preveza (لواء پرهوزه,; Λιβάς Πρεβέζης), was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire named for its capital at Preveza in southern Epirus, now part of northwestern Greece.
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Sanjak of Prizren
The Sanjak of Prizren (Prizren Sancağı, Sanxhaku i Prizrenit, Призренски санџак / Prizrenski sandžak) was one of the sanjaks in the Ottoman Empire with Prizren as its administrative centre.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Prizren
Sanjak of Rhodes
The Sanjak of Rodos or Rhodes (Sancak-i/Liva-i Rodos; λιβάς/σαντζάκι Ρόδου) was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) encompassing the Dodecanese or Southern Sporades islands, with Rhodes as its centre.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Rhodes
Sanjak of Sakız
The Sanjak of Sakız or Chios (Σαντζάκι Χίου) was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) centred on the eastern Aegean island of Chios.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Sakız
Sanjak of Salonica
The Sanjak of Salonica, Selanik (سنجاق سلانیك), or Thessalonica (Σαντζάκι Θεσσαλονίκης) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Salonica
Sanjak of Scutari
The Sanjak of Scutari or Sanjak of Shkodra (Sanxhaku i Shkodrës; Скадарски санџак; İskenderiye Sancağı or İşkodra Sancağı) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Scutari
Sanjak of Sofia
The Sanjak of Sofia (Sofia Sancağı, Софийски санджак) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire which county town was Sofia.
See Vilayet and Sanjak of Sofia
Sanjak-bey
Sanjak-bey, sanjaq-bey or -beg (سنجاق بك) was the title given in the Ottoman Empire to a bey (a high-ranking officer, but usually not a pasha) appointed to the military and administrative command of a district (sanjak, in Arabic liwa’), hence the equivalent Arabic title of amir liwa (أمير لواء) He was answerable to a superior wāli or another provincial governor.
Scutari vilayet
The Vilayet of Scutari, Shkodër or Shkodra (İşkodra Vilayeti or Vilayet-i İşkodra; Vilajeti i Shkodrës) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire that existed from 1867 to 1913, located in parts of what today is Montenegro and Albania.
See Vilayet and Scutari vilayet
Sharif
Sharīf (شريف, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef or sherif, feminine sharīfa (شريفة), plural ashrāf (أشراف), shurafāʾ (شرفاء), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Vilayet and Sharif are Arabic words and phrases.
Sharifate of Mecca
The Sharifate of Mecca or Emirate of Mecca was a state, non-sovereign for much of its existence, ruled by the Sharif of Mecca.
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Sivas vilayet
The Vilayet of Sivas (Vilâyet-i Sivas) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, and was one of the Six Armenian vilayets.
Six Vilayets
The Six Vilayets (ولايت سته, Vilâyat-ı Sitte), the Six Provinces, or the Six Armenian Vilayets (Վեց Հայկական Վիլայեթները Vets' haykakan vilayet'nery; Altı vilayet, Altı il) were the main Armenian-populated vilayets ("provinces") of the Ottoman Empire.
Syria vilayet
The Vilayet of Syria (ولاية سوريا.; Vilâyet-i Sûriye), also known as Vilayet of Damascus,.
Tanzimat
The (lit, see nizam) was a period of reform in the Ottoman Empire that began with the Gülhane Hatt-ı Şerif in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876.
Taxation in the Ottoman Empire
Taxation in the Ottoman Empire changed drastically over time, and was a complex patchwork of different taxes, exemptions, and local customs.
See Vilayet and Taxation in the Ottoman Empire
Trebizond vilayet
The Vilayet of Trebizond (Vilâyet-i Ṭrabzōn; Vilayet de Trébizonde) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) in the north-eastern part of the Ottoman Empire, corresponding to the area along the eastern Black Sea coastline and the interior highland region of the Pontic Alps.
See Vilayet and Trebizond vilayet
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Urfa
Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province.
See Vilayet and Urfa
Van vilayet
The Vilayet of Van (Vilâyet-i Van; Vani vilayet) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
Vilayet Law
The 1864 Vilayet Law (ولایت نظامنامهسی,; Loi des vilayets), also known as the Provincial Reform Law, was introduced during the Tanzimat era of the late Ottoman Empire.
Vilayet of the Archipelago
The Vilayet of the Archipelago (ولايت جزائر بحر سفيد, Vilâyet-i Cezair-i Bahr-i Sefid, "Vilayet of the Islands of the Mediterranean Sea") was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire extant from 1867 to 1912–13, including, at its maximum extent, the Ottoman Aegean islands, Cyprus and the Dardanelles Strait.
See Vilayet and Vilayet of the Archipelago
Vincent Caillard
Sir Vincent Henry Penalver Caillard (23 October 1856 – 18 March 1930) was a British Army officer, diplomat, financier, company director and municipal politician.
See Vilayet and Vincent Caillard
Wali (administrative title)
Wāli, Wā'lī or vali (from والي Wālī) is an administrative title that was used in the Muslim world (including the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates and the Ottoman Empire) to designate governors of administrative divisions. Vilayet and Wali (administrative title) are Arabic words and phrases.
See Vilayet and Wali (administrative title)
Würzburg
Würzburg (Main-Franconian: Wörtzburch) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria.
Yemen vilayet
Yemen Vilayet (ولاية اليمن; Vilâyet-i Yemen) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
Zor Sanjak
The Sanjak of Zor (Deyr-i-Zor sancağı) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire, which was created in 1857.
1927 Turkish census
The 1927 Turkish census (Umûmî Nüfûs Tahrîri, Recensement général de la population) was held 28 September 1927.
See Vilayet and 1927 Turkish census
See also
Former types of subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
- Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire
- Agaluk
- Arpalik
- Bajrak
- Bucak (administrative unit)
- Eyalet
- Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire
- Kadiluk
- Kaza
- Millet (Ottoman Empire)
- Mutasarrif
- Nahiyah
- Occupation of Western Armenia
- Ottoman Ukraine
- Raya (country subdivision)
- Rumelia
- Sanjak
- Sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire
- Vagenetia
- Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire
- Vilayet
- Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire
- Voivodeship
- Yedisan
Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire
- Vilayet
References
Also known as Mudir, Ottoman vilayet, Vilaïet, Vilajet, Vilayat, Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, Vilayets, Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire, Vilāyet, Vilāyāt, Wilajet.