Diyarbekir Vilayet

For other uses, see Province of Diyarbakir (disambiguation).
ولايت ديار بكر‎
Vilâyet-i Diyâr-ı Bekr
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
←
 1864–1922 →
Diyâr-ı Bekr Vilayet in 1900
Capital Diyarbekir[1]
History
 - Established 1864
 - Disestablished 1922
Population
 - Muslim, 1914[2] 492,101 
 - Greek, 1914[2] 1,935 
 - Armenian, 1914[2] 65,850 
 - Jewish, 1914[2] 2,085 

The Vilayet of Diyâr-ı Bekr (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت ديار بكر, Vilâyet-i Diyarbakır)[3] was one of the Ottoman vilayets. The vilayet extended south from Palu on the Euphrates to Mardin and Nisibin on the edge of the Mesopotamian plain.[1] After the establishment of Republic of Turkey in 1923, the region was incorporated into the newly created state.

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 18,074 square miles (46,810 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 471,462.[4] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[4]

Contents

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:[5]

  1. Sanjak of Diyarbekir
  2. Sanjak of Mardin
  3. Sanjak of Ergani

See also

References

  1. ^ a b  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Diarbekr". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
  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. ^ Hathi Trust Digital Library - Holdings: Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Diyarbakır.
  4. ^ a b Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460
  5. ^ Diyarbekir Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet

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See also the list of short-lived Ottoman provinces
The Six vilayets