Baghdad Vilayet

ولايت بغداد‎ Vilâyet-i Bagdad, Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire ← 1864–1918 → Baghdad Vilayet in 1900 Capital Baghdad History  - Established 1864  - Armistice of Mudros 1918 Area  - 1885 141,160 km2 (54,502 sq mi) Population  - 1885 850,000       Density 6 /km2  (15.6 /sq mi) Today part of Iraq

The Vilayet of Baghdad (Ottoman language: ولايت بغداد‎, Vilâyet-i Bagdad, Modern Turkish: Bağdat Vilâyeti, Arabic:ولاية بغداد) was a vilayet (province) of the Ottoman Empire. The capital was Baghdad.

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 54,503 square miles (141,160 km²), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 850,000. The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:

1. Sanjak of Baghdad
2. Sanjak of Divaniye
3. Sanjak of Kerbela (Mesed-i-Hüseyin)

Notable governors

• Giritli Sırrı Pasha

External links

 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bagdad, Turkey (Vilayet)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bagdad,_Turkey_%28Vilayet%29.