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The Ottoman Empire had 29 provinces at the height of its power. These were known as beylerbeyliks eyalets or vilayets or pashaluks. As time progressed the number would vary from thirty-six a little over twenty, until many of the provinces were lost after WWI.The vialyets were divided into smaller divisions known as sanjaks. The number of sanjaks per vilayet varied. The sanjaks were divided into a number of kaza or kadiluk.
Some sanjaks, such as the Sanjak of Jerusalem , were not part of a vilayet. After 1861 there also existed the autonomous Province of Lebanon , which had been created as a homeland for the Maronite Christians under European pressure.
Provinces of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power
As well as the provinces there were three tributary states ( Crimea, Wallachia, and Moldavia) and Transylvania, a principality under the suzerainty of the Porte.
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- Erzerum
- VanVan is a province in eastern Turkey, east of Lake Van. It is 20 927 km² and has a population of 877 524 (2000). The capital is Van. In the 9th century BC, the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom. External link .
- Shehrizor
- Baghdad
- Buda
- BosniaThe Province of Bosnia was a key Ottoman province, the westernmost one, based on the territory of the present day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the Ottoman times it was both a single sanjak, and after 1580 a pashaluk divided into several sanjaks
- Kanizsa
- Özi ( Ochakov )
- Trebizond ( TrabzonTrabzon formerly known as Trebizond is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey. It is the capital of Trabzon Province. It lies astride the road from Istanbul to Iraq and was an important meeting point for international trade. It formed the b)
- Tripoli
- Cyprus
- Tunis
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- Morea
- Algiers
- Al-Hasa
- Aleppo
- Mosul
- Basra
- HejazThe province of Hejaz (alternative spelling/pronounciation, Hijaz is a strip of land on the western side of Saudi Arabia. The cities of Mecca and Medina, the holiest sites of Islam, as well as the port of Jeddah lie in the province. See Hejaz .
- Wallachia (tributary)
- Moldavia (tributary)
- Crimea (tributary)
- Transylvania (under Ottoman suzerainty)
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The Provinces of Rumili and Anadolu were under the direct rule of the sultan in Istanbul. The other 27 provinces were controlled by governor-generals (beylerbeyis). See the article on state organisation of the Ottoman Empire for further information on the structure of power in the provinces.
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