Mutasarrıf

Mutasarrıf

In the Ottoman Empire, a mutasarrıf was the governor of a district. This administrative unit sometimes independent (e.g., Mount Lebanon or Cyprus) and sometimes was part of a vilayet (province), administered by a wali, and contained nahiye (communes), each administered by a kaymakam.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ p. 21, A Reign of Terror, Master's thesis, Uğur Ü. Üngör, University of Amsterdam, June 2005.

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