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  2. Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Outside this system were various types of vassal and tributary states. 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]

  3. Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Some states within the eyalet system included sancakbeys who were local to their sanjak or who inherited their position (e.g., Samtskhe, some Kurdish sanjaks), areas that were permitted to elect their own leaders (e.g., areas of Albania, Epirus, and Morea (Mani Peninsula) was nominally a part of Aegean Islands Province but Maniot beys were tributary vassals of the Porte, or de facto ...

  4. Eyalet - Wikipedia

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    Provinces of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa in 1692, divided into beylerbeyliks, protectorates and tributary states. By Guillaume Sanson (1633–1703).

  5. Territorial evolution of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Ottoman Tripolitania - Wikipedia

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    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

  7. Six Vilayets - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Government of the classical Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Empire had many vassal states of varying size attached to it. Vassals paid taxes to the sultan and often contributed with troops in various Ottoman military campaigns. Many of the imperial provinces were vassal states before being reduced to provinces.

  9. Ottoman Syria - Wikipedia

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    1851 map of Ottoman Syria, showing the Eyalets of Aleppo, Damascus, Tripoli, Acre and Gaza. In 1833, the Syrian provinces were ceded to Muhammed Ali of Egypt in the Convention of Kutahya. The firman stated that "The governments of Candia and Egypt are continued to Mahomet Ali. And in reference to his special claim, I have granted him the ...