Bosnia vilayet
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| Bosnia Vilayet | |||||||||
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| Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1867–1908 | |||||||||
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 Bosnia Vilayet in the 1880s | |||||||||
| Capital | Sarajevo | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1871 | 46,000 km2 (18,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1871 | 1,232,000 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1867 | ||||||||
| 1878 | |||||||||
| 1908 | |||||||||
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| Today part of |  Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro | ||||||||
| Sources for population;[1] area[2] | |||||||||
The Bosnia Vilayet was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, mostly comprising the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It bordered Kosovo Vilayet to the south. Before the administrative reform in 1867, it was called the Bosnia Eyalet. In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of 17,900 square miles (46,000 km2).[2]
It effectively ceased to exist as an Ottoman province after the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, although it formally existed for thirty more years until 1908, despite being governed by Austria-Hungary. This excluded Old Herzegovina, which was ceded to the Principality of Montenegro in 1878. In 1908 Austria-Hungary formally annexed it into its own territory.
Administrative divisions
Sanjaks of the Vilayet:[3]
- Sanjak of Bosnia (Kazas of Visoka, Foyniça, Çayniça, Vişegrad, Çelebipazar and Kladine)
- Sanjak of Izvornik (Its center was Tuzla, kazas of Maglay, Gradçaniça, Gradaçaç, Breçka, Bjelina, İzvornik and Birçe)
- Sanjak of Banaluka (Kazas of Gradişka, Derbend and Teşene)
- Sanjak of Hersek (Its center was Mostar, kazas of Foça, Koniça, Dumna, Liyubuşka, İstolça, Trebin, Bileke, Nikşik and Gaçka)
- Sanjak of Travnik (Kazas of Yayçe, Akhisar, Glamoç and İhlivne)
- Sanjak of Bihke (Kazas of Klyuç, Novosel, Sazın, Krupa, Kostayniça and Priyedor)
See also
- List of Ottoman governors of Bosnia
- Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Pashaluk of Herzegovina
- Sanjak of Novi Pazar
References
- ^ Palairet, Michael R. "The Balkan Economies c.1800-1914: Evolution without Development".
- ^ a b Europe by Éliseé Reclus, page 152
- ^ Bosna Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet
- Markus Koller and Kemal H. Karpat, Ottoman Bosnia: A History in Peril, University of Wisconsin Press (2004) ISBN 0-299-20714-5
- Matija Mazuranic, A Glance into Ottoman Bosnia, Saqi Books (2007)
External links
Media related to Vilayet of Bosnia at Wikimedia Commons
- States and territories established in 1867
- States and territories disestablished in 1908
- Ottoman period in the history of Croatia
- Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
- Historical regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ottoman Serbia
- Ottoman period in the history of Montenegro
- Ottoman period in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1867 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
- 1908 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire