Vilayet of Kharpert
Encyclopedia
The Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz,Vilayet of Ma'muretül'aziz, Redhouse Yeni Türkçe-İngilizce Sözlük, On İkinci Basım, Redhouse Yayınevi, 1991, ISBN 975-413-022-1, p. 729, Ma'mûretü'l-Azîz, Ma'muretül Aziz or Mamûretü'l-Azîz (Ottoman
: Vilâyet-i Ma'muretül'azizor Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyeti, Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyeti Salnamesi (The Yearbook of the Vilayet of Ma'muretül'aziz), 1894, Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyeti Salnamesi "Yearbook of the Vilayet of Ma'muretül'aziz"), Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyet matbaası, [Elazığ], 1312 [1894]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Libray. also referred to as Harput Vilayet ( Kharberd) was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was also one of the Six vilayets. The vilayet was located between Euphrates
and Murat
river valleys. To the northwest was Sivas Vilayet.
In 1912, according to the Russian statistics the vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz had 450,000 residents; 168,000 were Armenians, 182,000 were Turks
, 95,000 were Kurds and 5,000 were Syriac Orthodox.
Ottoman Turkish language
The Ottoman Turkish language or Ottoman language is the variety of the Turkish language that was used for administrative and literary purposes in the Ottoman Empire. It borrows extensively from Arabic and Persian, and was written in a variant of the Perso-Arabic script...
: Vilâyet-i Ma'muretül'azizor Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyeti, Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyeti Salnamesi (The Yearbook of the Vilayet of Ma'muretül'aziz), 1894, Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyeti Salnamesi "Yearbook of the Vilayet of Ma'muretül'aziz"), Ma'muretül'aziz Vilâyet matbaası, [Elazığ], 1312 [1894]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Libray. also referred to as Harput Vilayet ( Kharberd) was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was also one of the Six vilayets. The vilayet was located between Euphrates
Euphrates
The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...
and Murat
Murat River
The Murat River or Eastern Euphrates is the major source of the Euphrates. It was also called Arsanias in antiquity. The river originates near Mount Ararat north of Lake Van, in eastern Turkey, and flows westward for through mountainous area...
river valleys. To the northwest was Sivas Vilayet.
Demographics
At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 14614 square miles (37,850.1 km²), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 575,314. It should be noted that the accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.In 1912, according to the Russian statistics the vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz had 450,000 residents; 168,000 were Armenians, 182,000 were Turks
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
, 95,000 were Kurds and 5,000 were Syriac Orthodox.
Administrative divisions
Sanjaks of the Vilayet:- Sanjak of Mamuret-ul-Aziz
- Sanjak of MalatyaMalatyaMalatya ) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province.-Overview:The city site has been occupied for thousands of years. The Assyrians called the city Meliddu. Following Roman expansion into the east, the city was renamed in Latin as Melitene...
- Sanjak of Dersim (HozatHozatHozat is a small city and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of Turkey. It has a population of 4,714. The mayor is Cevdet Konak . Former name of district of Hozat was kaza of Dersim....
)