Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz

ولايت معمورة العزيز‎‎ Vilayet-i Ma'muretül'aziz Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire ← 1864–1923 → Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz in 1900 Capital Mezereh[1] History  - Established 1864  - Disestablished 1923 Population  - Muslim, 1914[2] 446,379   - Greek, 1914[2] 971   - Armenian, 1914[2] 79,821

The Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz,^{[dn 1]} also referred to as Harput Vilayet (Armenian: Խարբերդի վիլայեթ 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.

Demographics

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 14,614 square miles (37,850 km²), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 575,314.^[3] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:^[5]

1. Sanjak of Mamuret-ul-Aziz
2. Sanjak of Malatya
3. Sanjak of Dersim (Hozat)

See also

• Massacres in Harput District

Footnotes

1. ^ 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: ولايت معمورة العزيز‎‎ Vilâyet-i Ma'muretül'azizor ‎معمورة العزيز ولايتى‎ 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.

References

1. ^ Geographical Dictionary of the World at Google Books
2. ^ ^{a b c} "1914 Census Statistics". Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. http://www.tsk.tr/8_TARIHTEN_KESITLER/8_1_Ermeni_Sorunu/konular/ermeni_faaliyetleri_pdf/Arsiv_Belgeleriyle_Ermeni_Faaliyetleri_Cilt_1.pdf. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460
4. ^ "The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 1915-1916" by JAMES VISCOUNT BRYCE, London, T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1916
5. ^ Mamûretu’l Aziz (Elazığ) Vilâyeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet

External links

 Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Kharput". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Kharput.