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  2. Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    In English, Ottoman subdivisions are seldom known by myriad Turkish terms (vilayet, eyalet, beylerbeylik, sancak, nahiye, kaza, etc.) which are often eschewed in favour of the English-language denomination (e.g. "province", "county", or "district") that is perceived to be the closest to the Turkish original. [7]

  3. Category:Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. Six Vilayets - Wikipedia

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    The term Six Armenian Vilayets was a diplomatic usage referring to the Ottoman provinces with substantial Armenian populations. In fact, this term was known in the diplomatic language of the time as the area for which a number of Great Powers wished reforms for the benefit of the Armenians. [2]

  5. Eyalet - Wikipedia

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    Eyalets (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت, pronounced, lit. ' province '), also known as beylerbeyliks [1] or pashaliks, were the primary administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth century the Ottoman local government was loosely structured. [2]

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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]

  8. Kaza - Wikipedia

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    A kaza (Ottoman Turkish: قضا, "judgment" or "jurisdiction") [note 1] was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. It is also discussed in English under the names district, [2] subdistrict, [3] [4] and juridical district. [5] Kazas continued to be used by some of the empire's successor states.

  9. Vilayet - Wikipedia

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    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.