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Monastir Eyalet was an
eyaletEyalets were a former primary administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. The term is sometimes translated province or government. Depending on the rank of their commander, they are also sometimes known as pashaliks, beylerbeyliks, and kapudanliks.From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth...
of the
Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
. Confusingly, it was also sometimes referred to as "Rumelia Eyalet", which was also the name of a previously existing and much larger
eyaletThe eyalet of Rumeli or eyalet of Rumelia , also known as Rumeli Beylerbeyliği was a eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The capital was in Adrianople , Monastir and Sofia. Its reported area in the 19th century was .It was formed during the reign of Murad I as the first Beylerbeylik of the Ottoman Empire...
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Administrative divisions
Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:
- Sanjak of Scutari
- Sanjak of Okhri
- Sanjak of Monastir
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- Sanjak of Kesryé (Kastoria
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