Yemen Vilayet

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Vilayet of Yemen
the Ottoman Empire
1872–1918
Flag of Yemen Vilayet
Flag
Yemeni
Area 
• c. 1900[2]
200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)
History 
• Established
1872
1918
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Yemen Eyalet
Aden Protectorate
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Idrisid Emirate of Asir
Today part ofYemen
Saudi Arabia

Yemen Vilayet (

romanized: Vilâyet-i Yemen) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 200,000 square kilometres (77,200 sq mi).[2] The population for the vilayet is given by the 1885 Ottoman census as 2,500,000.[2]

Broadly speaking, the vilayet was bounded by the

Aden protectorate to the south, the Red Sea to the west and the 45th meridian east to the east. The southern border was demarcated by the Anglo-Turkish Boundary Commission of 1902–1905, while the limit of the eastern border was left vague.[3]

History

See also:
imam's rule over Upper Yemen
was formally recognized.

Starting in 1872, after the Sana'a region was firmly under control,

Asir became a sanjak of Yemen in 1872.[6]

Turkish officers with Yemeni soldiers and militiamen prior to World War I

In the late 19th century, the Zaidis rebelled against the Turks, and Imam

Yahya ibn Mohammed led the revolt against the Turks in 1904–1905, and forced them to grant important concessions to the Zaidis.[7] The Ottoman agreed to withdraw the civil code and restore sharia in Yemen.[7]

In 1906, the Idrisi leaders of Asir rebelled against the Ottomans. By 1910 they controlled most of Asir, but they were ultimately defeated by Turkish and Hejazi forces.[6]

Ahmet İzzet Pasha concluded a treaty with Imam Yahya in October 1911, by which he was recognised as temporal and spiritual head of the Zaidis, was given the right to appoint officials over them, and collect taxes from them. The Ottomans maintained their system of government in the Sunni-majority parts of Yemen.[7]

In March 1914, the Anglo-Turkish Treaty delimited the border between Yemen and the Aden Protectorate.[7] When World War I broke out, Imam Yahya remained nominally loyal to the Sultan, but tried to negotiate with Britain at the same time. The Asir, on the other hand, joined Britain as soon as the war began.[7] The Arab Revolt in Hejaz cut off Yemen from the rest of the Ottoman Empire, and the imam took the opportunity to establish his power over all of Yemen.[7]

Turkish forces withdrew in 1918, and Imam Yahya strengthened his control over northern Yemen creating the

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
.

Governors

Huseyin Hilmi Pasha, Governor of Yemen Vilayet before Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire

Governors of the Yemen Vilayet:[8]

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks, circa 1876:[9]

  1. Sanjak of
    Sana'a
  2. Sanjak of
    Hudeyde
  3. Sanjak of
    Asir[10]
  4. Sanjak of
    Ta'izz

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yemen Vilayet.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7
    . Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  2. ^
    A. H. Keane
    , page 459
  3. ISBN 978-1-4179-7518-1
    . Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  4. ISBN 978-1-107-03363-4
    . Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  5. ISBN 978-1-86064-767-3
    . Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-313-32109-2
    . Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0-391-00304-0
    . Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  8. ^ World Statesmen — Yemen
  9. ^ Pavet de Courteille, Abel (1876). État présent de l'empire ottoman (in French). J. Dumaine. pp. 91–96.
  10. ISBN 978-1-85065-460-5
    . Retrieved 2013-05-24.

External links

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