Erzurum Vilayet

For other uses, see Province of Erzurum (disambiguation).
ولايت ارضروم
Vilâyet-i Erzurum
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
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Erzurum Vilayet in 1900
Capital Erzurum
History
 - Established 1864
 - Declaration of the Republic of Turkey 1923
Population
 - Muslim, 1914[1] 673,297 
 - Greek, 1914[1] 4,864 
 - Armenian, 1914[1] 134,377 

The Vilayet of Erzerum[2] (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت ارضروم, Vilâyet-i Erzurum)[3] was one of the Six vilayets of the Ottoman Empire.

The vilayet of Erzurum shared borders with the Persian and Russian empires in the east and north-east, in the north with the Trebizond Vilayet, in the west with the vilayet of Sebastia, and in the south with the vilayets of Bitlis, Mamuret-ül Aziz and Van. After the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), the Kars region was ceded to the Russian Empire, which administered it as the Kars Oblast until 1917.

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 29,614 square miles (76,700 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 645,702.[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 and kazas:[5]

Erzurum
  1. Erzurum
  2. Ovacık
  3. Kiğı
  4. Tercan
  5. Hınıs
  6. Tortum
  7. Yusufeli (Kiskim)
  8. Hasankale (Pasinler)
 Erzincan
  1. Erzincan
  2. Refahiye
  3. Kuruçay
  4. Kemah
  5. Bayburt
  6. İspir
 Doğubeyazıt (Bayezit)
  1. Doğubeyazıt
  2. Diyadin
  3. Ağrı (Karakilise)
  4. Eleşkirt
  5. Tutak (Entap)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Kars, Transcaucasia". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
  3. ^ Hathi Trust Digital Library - Holdings: Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Erzurum
  4. ^ a b Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460
  5. ^ Mesrob K. Krikorian; Armenians in the service of the Ottoman Empire, 1860-1908; Routledge, 1978

External links
 
Vilayets (1864–1922)
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Elsewhere
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)