Bitlis Vilayet

Bitlis Vilayeti
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
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 1875–1923 →
Bitlis Vilayet in 1900
Capital Bitlis
History
 - Established 1875
 - Declaration of the Republic of Turkey 1923
Population
 - Muslim, 1914[1] 309,999 
 - Armenian, 1914[1] 117,492 
Today part of  Turkey

Bitlis Vilayet (Armenian: Բիթլիսի վիլայեթ Bit'lisi vilayet' ) was one of the Six vilayets of the Ottoman Empire. Before the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) it had been part of the Erzurum Vilayet, it was then made a separate vilayet by the Porte.[2]

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 11,522 square miles (29,840 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 388,625.[3] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[3]

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of Bitlis Vilayet:[2]

  1. Sanjak of Bitlis
  2. Sanjak of Mush
  3. Sanjak of Siird
  4. Sanjak of Girdj

References

  1. ^ a b "1914 Census Statistics". Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. http://www.tsk.tr/8_TARIHTEN_KESITLER/8_1_Ermeni_Sorunu/konular/ermeni_faaliyetleri_pdf/Arsiv_Belgeleriyle_Ermeni_Faaliyetleri_Cilt_1.pdf. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
  2. ^ a b First encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936 at Google Books By M. Th Houtsma
  3. ^ a b Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460

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See also the list of short-lived Ottoman provinces
The Six vilayets
  1. Van Vilayet (Van · Hakkâri)
  2. Erzurum Vilayet (Erzurum · Bayezit · Erzincan) · Kars (Between 1845-1878) · Ardahan (Between 1845-1878)
  3. Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet (Mamuretülaziz · Malatya · Dersim)
  4. Bitlis Vilayet (Bitlis · Muş · Genç · Siirt)
  5. Diyâr-ı Bekr Vilayet (Diyarbakır · Mardin · Ergani)
  6. Sivas Vilayet (Sivas · Kara Hisar-i Şarkî · Amasya) · Tokat (after 1880)