The Bosnia Vilayet (

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: Bosanski vilajet/Vilajet Bosna) was a first-level administrative division (

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) of the

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, mostly comprising the territory of the present-day state of

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, with minor parts of modern

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. It bordered Kosovo Vilayet to the south. Before the administrative reform in 1867, it was called the

Bosnia Eyalet The Eyalet of Bosnia (; By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters ; ), was an eyalet (administrative division, also known as a ''beylerbeylik'') of the Ottoman Empire, mostly based on the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

. In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of .Europe
by Éliseé Reclus, page 152 It effectively ceased to exist as an Ottoman province after the

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, although it formally existed for thirty more years until 1908, despite being governed by

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. This excluded Old Herzegovina, which was ceded to the

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in 1878. In 1908, during the

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, Austria-Hungary formally annexed it into its own territory.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:Bosna Vilayeti , Tarih ve Medeniyet
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, included kazas of Maglay, Gradçaniça, Gradaçaç, Breçka, Belene, İzvornik and Birçe) # Sanjak of Banaluka (Kazas of Berbir, Derbend and Teşene) # Sanjak of Hersek (Its center was

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, included kazas of

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, Koniça, Dumna, Liyubuşka, İstolça, Trebin, Bileke, Nikşik and Gaçka) # Sanjak of

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(Kazas of Yayçe, Akhisar, Belgradçık and İhlivne) # Sanjak of Bihke (Kazas of Köluyc, Novosel, Sazın, Krupa, Kostayniça and Pridor)

Languages

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was used as the second official language of this vilayet.
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) - Cited: p. 34 (PDF p. 36)

References

* Markus Koller and Kemal H. Karpat, ''Ottoman Bosnia: A History in Peril'', University of Wisconsin Press (2004) * Matija Mazuranic, ''A Glance into Ottoman Bosnia'', Saqi Books (2007)

External links

* {{Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire, expanded = Vilayets Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe

Vilayet A vilayet (, "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement initiated b ...

Ottoman period in the history of Croatia Ottoman period in the history of Montenegro Ottoman Serbia

1867 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1908 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire 1867 establishments in Europe 1908 disestablishments in Europe 1880s in Bosnia and Herzegovina Former subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina during Ottoman period

Administrative divisions

Languages

See also

References

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