Sivas Vilayet

ولايت سيوس‎
Vilâyet-i Sivas'
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
←
 1864–1922 →
Sivas Vilayet in 1900
Capital Sivas[1]
History
 - Established 1864
 - Disestablished 1922
Population
 - Muslim, 1914[2] 939,735 
 - Greek, 1914[2] 75,324 
 - Armenian, 1914[2] 147,099 

The Vilayet of Sivas[1] (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت سيوس, Vilâyet-i Sivas);[3] Armenian: Սեբաստիայի վիլայեթ, Sebastiayi vilayet) was one of the vilayets of the Ottoman Empire. It was also one of the Six vilayets. The vilayet was bordered by Erzurum Vilayet to the east, Mamuretülaziz Vilayet to the south-east, the Trebizond Vilayet to the north and Ankara Vilayet to the west. These comprised historical Lesser Armenia and Second Armenia.

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 32,308 square miles (83,680 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 996,126.[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 Sivas
  2. Sanjak of Amasya
  3. Sanjak of Karahisar-i-Sarki
  4. Sanjak of Tokad

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Geographical Dictionary of the World at Google Books
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Sivas ("Yearbook of the Vilayet of Sivas"), Sivas vilâyet matbaası, Sivas, 1293 [1876]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Libray.
  4. ^ a b Asia by A. H. Keane, page 459
  5. ^ Sivas Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet

External links

 Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Sivas, Asia Minor (Vilayet)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sivas,_Asia_Minor_%28Vilayet%29. 
 
Vilayets (1864–1922)
Anatolia
Europe
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)