Baghdad vilayet
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| Baghdad Vilayet | |||||||||
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| Vilayet of Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1864–1918 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Baghdad | ||||||||
| Demonym | Bagdadi | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1885[1] | 141,160 km2 (54,500 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1885[1] | 850,000 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1864 | |||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Iraq | ||||||||
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The Vilayet of Baghdad (Arabic: ولاية بغداد; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت بغداد, romanized: 'Vilâyet-i Bagdad; Modern Turkish: Bağdat Vilâyeti) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in modern-day central Iraq. The capital was Baghdad.
At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had an area of 54,503 square miles (141,160 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 850,000.[1] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[1]
Demographics
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2. Arab man from Zubaid tribe
3. Muslim lady from Baghdad
| Baghdad vilayet | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muslims | 159,129 | 3,814 | 162,943 |
| Armenians | 373 | 373 | |
| Armenian Catholics | 723 | 723 | |
| Protestants | 40 | 40 | |
| Latins | 55 | 2 | 57 |
| Syriacs | 327 | 327 | |
| Jews | 13,621 | 94 | 13,715 |
| Total | 174,268 | 3,910 | 178,178 |
The last Ottoman Census of 1917 stated that in Baghdad Sanjak out of the 202,000 population, 88,000 were Jews, 8,000 Kurd, 12,000 Christians, 800 Persian and rest Arab and other Muslims.[3]
| Population of Baghdad according to Ottoman Yearbook 1917 [3] | ||||||
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| Sanjak/Kaza | Jews | Kurd | Christians | Arab,Turks and other Muslims | Persian | Total |
| Baghdad Sanjak | 88,000 | 8,000 | 12,000 | 101,400 | 800 | 202,000 |
History
[edit | edit source]In 1869, Midhat Pasha was inaugurated as governor of Baghdad. He extended Ottoman jurisdiction as far as the town of al-Bida, after he had established his authority in Nejd. In January 1872, Qatar was designated as a kaza under the Sanjak of Nejd. However, relations with the Ottoman authorities became hostile in both al-Bida and Nejd, leading eventually to the Battle of Al Wajbah, at which Ottomans were defeated.[4]
Administrative divisions
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Sanjaks or Districts of the vilayet:[5]
| Sanjak | Currently |
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| Baghdad Sanjak | Baghdad |
| Divaniye Sanjak | Al Diwaniyah |
| Kerbela Sanjak | Karbala |
| Najd Sanjak | June 1871 - 1875, then part of the Basra Vilayet) [6] |
Governors
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Notable governors of the Vilayet:[7]
- Hafiz Ahmed Midhat Shefik Pasha (March 1869 - November 1871)
- Giritli Sırrı Pasha
See also
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[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460
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- ^ Bagdad Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet
- ^ Worldstatesmen — Saudi Arabia
- ^ World Statesmen — Iraq
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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