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The Ottoman Empire was first subdivided into provinces, in the sense of fixed territorial units with governors appointed by the sultan, in the late 14th century. [1] The beylerbey, or governor, of each province was appointed by the central government. [2]
The first map describes the provinces as "beylerbeyliks", whereas the second describes them as "pashaliks" The term eyalet is sometimes translated province or governorate . Depending on the rank of the governor, they were also sometimes known as pashaliks (governed by a pasha ), beylerbeyliks (governed by a bey or beylerbey ), and kapudanliks ...
Italy seized the Ottoman provinces of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, together forming what became known as Libya.There was no longer any Ottoman territory left in Africa. Following the First Balkan War, the Autonomous Principality of Samos, an Ottoman tributary state, was annexed to Greece in November 1912. See figure, right.
A map showing the administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire in 1899, including the province of Tripoli. By the 19th century, the province of Tripoli, known officially as Tarablus al-Gharb ('Tripoli of the West') was organized into five sanjaks (districts): [11] Sanjak of Tarablus al-Gharb (Tripoli) Sanjak of Khums; Sanjak of Jabal al-Garb
Ethnic map of the Six Vilayets according to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1912. Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire according to the 1914 official population statistics. Statistical analysis of the racial elements in the Ottoman provinces by the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, 1912 [4]
A vilayet (Ottoman Turkish: ولایت, "province"), also known by various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, [1] part of the Tanzimat reform movement initiated by the Ottoman Reform Edict of 1856.
During the era of Ottoman rule, the territory of modern Saudi Arabia was divided between the following entities: Ottoman provinces and emirates: Sharifate of Mecca (968–1916; Ottoman control 1517–1803; 1841–1916) Egypt Eyalet (1517–1701; 1813–40) Jeddah Eyalet (1701–1813; 1840–1872) Hejaz vilayet (1872–1918) Lahsa Eyalet (1560 ...
Damascus Eyalet (Arabic: إيالة دمشق; Ottoman Turkish: ایالت شام, romanized: Eyālet-i Šām) [2] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was 51,900 square kilometres (20,020 sq mi). [3] It became an eyalet after the Ottomans took it from the Mamluks following the 1516–1517 Ottoman–Mamluk ...