Vilayet of the Archipelago

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Vilayet of the Archipelago
ولايت جزائر بحر سفيد (
Ottoman Turkish)
Vilâyet-i Cezair-i Bahr-i Sefid
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
1867–1913
Flag of Vilayet of the Archipelago
Flag
Coat of arms of Vilayet of the Archipelago
Coat of arms
Kale-i Sultaniye, Chios, Rhodes
Area 
• 1885[1]
12,850 km2 (4,960 sq mi)
Population 
• 1885[1]
325,866
History 
1867
• Disestablished
1913
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Eyalet of the Archipelago
Kingdom of Greece
Italian Aegean Islands
British Cyprus
Hüdavendigâr vilayet
area does not include Cyprus

The Vilayet of the Archipelago (

Dardanelles Strait
.

At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had an area of 4,963 square miles (12,850 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 325,866.[1] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[1]

History

It was established in 1867 as the successor of the homonymous "

Limni (Lemnos), and Kıbrıs (Cyprus).[4]

Vilayet of the Archipelago (1881) Boundaries and Ethnic Makeup

mutasarrifate under the direct jurisdiction of the Porte since 1861, was included in the vilayet in April 1868,[7] only to be made a separate mutasarrifate again after 1870.[8] In 1878, Cyprus came under British rule.[4] After the separation of Biga, Rhodes became pasha-sanjak, then Chios in 1880, and then Rhodes again in 1888.[9]

The

passed to Greece after World War II.[4]

Administrative divisions

Map of subdivisions of Vilayet of the Archipelago in 1907

Sanjaks until 1876:[4]

  1. Sanjak of Biga (pasha-sanjak)
  2. Sanjak of Rhodes
  3. Sanjak of Midilli
  4. Sanjak of Sakiz
  5. Sanjak of Lemnos
  6. Sanjak of Cyprus

References

  1. ^
    A. H. Keane
    , page 459
  2. ^ Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Cezair-i Bahr-i Sefid ("Yearbook of the Vilayet of Cezair-i Bahr-i Sefid"), Cezair-i Bahr-i Sefid vilâyet matbaası, Rodos [Greece], 1293 [1876]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  3. ^ سالنامئ ولايت جزائر بحر سفيد
  4. ^
    ISBN 90-04-07026-5
    .
  5. ISBN 9783920153568
    .
  6. ISBN 9783920153568
    .
  7. ISBN 978-1-108-02065-7
    . Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  8. ISBN 978-1-108-02065-7
    . Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  9. ISBN 9783920153568
    .

External links

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