Hüdavendigâr Vilayet

ولايت خداوندكار‎
Vilâyet-i Hüdâvendigâr
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
←
 1864–1922 →
Hüdavendigâr Vilayet in 1900
Capital Bursa[1]
History
 - Established 1864
 - Disestablished 1922
Population
 - Muslim, 1914[2] 474,114 
 - Greek, 1914[2] 74,927 
 - Armenian, 1914[2] 60,119 
 - Jewish, 1914[2] - 

The Vilayet of Hudavendigar (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت خداوندكار, Vilâyet-i Hüdavendigâr)[3] or Bursa Vilayet after its administrative centre, was one of the provinces of the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 26,248 square miles (67,980 km2).[4]

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:[5]

  1. Sanjak of Bursa
  2. Sanjak of Ertugrul (Bilecik)
  3. Sanjak of Kütahya
  4. Sanjak of Karahisar-i-Sarip (Afyonkarahisar)
  5. Sanjak of Karesi (Baliksir)

References

  1. ^ First encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936 at Google Books By M. Th Houtsma
  2. ^ a b c d "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. 
  3. ^ Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Hüdavendigâr ("Yearbook of the Vilayet of Hüdavendigar"), Hüdavendigar vilâyet matbaası, [Bursa], 1296 [1878]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  4. ^ Asia by A. H. Keane, page 459
  5. ^ Hudâvendigar Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet

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See also the list of short-lived Ottoman provinces