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  2. Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    It is considered extremely difficult to define the number and exact borders of Ottoman provinces and domains, as their borders were changed constantly. [4] Until the Tanzimat period from 1839 to 1876, the borders of administrative units fluctuated, reflecting the changing strategies of the Ottomans, the emergence of new threats in the region ...

  3. Arta–Volos line - Wikipedia

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    The border had been proposed by the Great Powers in the London Protocol of 1829 as the northern boundary of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, but when the full independence of Greece was agreed on in the London Protocol of 1830, the borders of the new state were reduced to the Aspropotamos–Spercheios line, only to be again ...

  4. Aspropotamos–Spercheios line - Wikipedia

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    It would start at the mouth of the Achelous River (then known as "Aspropotamos"), pass through Artotina along the ridge of Mount Oeta and reach the Malian Gulf at the mouth of the Spercheios River, passing south of the city of Zitouni (modern Lamia), which would remain in Ottoman hands.

  5. Category:Borders of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Borders of the Ottoman Empire" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  6. Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [23] [24] was an imperial realm [l] 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. [25] [26] [27]

  7. Erzurum vilayet - Wikipedia

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    At the beginning of the 20th century, Erzurum Vilayet reportedly had an area of 29,614 square miles (76,700 km 2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 645,702. [3]

  8. Van vilayet - Wikipedia

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    The Van Vilayet in 1892 Armenian population of the Van province in 1896. At the beginning of the 20th century, Van Vilayet reportedly had an area of 15,440 square miles (40,000 km 2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 376,297. [4]

  9. Hejaz Vilayet - Wikipedia

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    The Hejaz included all land from the southern border of the Vilayet of Syria, south of the city of Ma‛an, to the northern border of the Vilayet of Yemen, north of the city of Al Lith. [2] Despite its lack of natural resources, the region had great political importance as the cradle of Islam and was a source of legitimacy for the Ottomans ...