Erzurum vilayet

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ولايت ارضروم
Vilâyet-i Erzurum
the Ottoman Empire
1867–1923

The Erzurum Vilayet in 1890
CapitalErzurum
History 
1867
1923
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Erzurum Eyalet
Bitlis Vilayet
Kars Oblast
Today part ofAğrı, Ardahan, Erzurum, Iğdır, Kars, Van

The Vilayet of Erzurum (

Ottoman Turkish: ولايت ارضروم, Vilâyet-i Erzurum)[2] was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire
.

The vilayet of Erzurum shared borders with the

Van
.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Erzurum Vilayet 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.

Armenians lived there. Also there lived small communities of Georgians, Pontic Greeks and Caucasus Greeks
, and other ethnic groups, both Muslim and Christian [mainly Armenian Apostolic].

History

The Erzurum Eyalet was one of the first Ottoman provinces to become a vilayet after an administrative reform in 1865, and by 1867 it had been reformed into the Erzurum Vilayet.[4]

In 1875 it was divided in six vilayets: Erzurum,

Mamuret ul-Aziz.[5]

The Kars and Çildir regions were lost in the

Kars Oblast
until 1917.

Administrative divisions

Map of subdivisions of Erzurum Vilayet in 1907

Sanjaks of the vilayet:[7]

  1. Sanjak of Erzurum (
    Pasinler, Bayburt, İspir, Tercan, Tortum, Yusufeli, Kiğı, Narman, Hınıs
    )
  2. Sanjak of Erzincan (Erzincan, Pülümür, Refahiye, İliç, Kemah)
  3. Sanjak of Bayazid (
    Beyazit, Eleşkirt, Diyadin, Tutak, Ağrı
    )

Demographics

In 1893, there were in total 19 Kaza (districts). In all kaza's Muslims (

Alevi) were the majority.[8] Lowest percentage of Muslims (64%) was in the kaza of Hınıs.[8]
Most of the Protestants and Catholics were Armenian.

Population of the Sanjaks, in thousands, according to the Ottoman census of 1893[8]
Groups Erzurum Bayezid Erzincan Total
Muslims 312,2 47,4 85,9 445,5
Armenian Apostolic
 73,9 8,3 19 101,2
Catholics
 5,4 1,3 - 6,7
Protestants
 1,7 0,1 0,2 2
Greek Orthodox
 1,5 - 2 3,5
Others 0,2 - - 0,2
Total 394,9 57,1 107,1 559

See also

References

  1. Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. ^ Hathi Trust Digital Library - Holdings: Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Erzurum
  3. ^
    A. H. Keane
    , page 460
  4. ^ Almanach de Gotha: annuaire généalogique, diplomatique et statistique. J. Perthes. 1867. pp. 827–829. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  5. ISBN 978-0-7100-8564-1
    . Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  6. ISBN 978-1-4128-4119-1
    . Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  7. ^ "Erzurum Vilayeti". Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  8. ^ a b c Ottoman Population, 1830–1914: Demographic and Social Characteristics, Kemal H. Karpat, page 124, 1985

External links

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