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Definition of Sanjaks

Sanjak
Sanjak San"jak, n. [Turk. sanj[=a]g.] A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [Turkey]

Meaning of Sanjaks from wikipedia

- reforms of the 19th century. Sanjaks were typically headed by a bey or sanjakbey. The Tanzimat reforms initially placed some sanjaks under kaymakams and others...
- Sanjak-bey, sanjaq-bey or -beg (Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق بك, lit. 'lord of the standard') was the title given in the Ottoman Empire to a bey (a high-ranking...
- Vilayet of Herzegovina: sanjaks of Mostar, Gacko. Salonica Vilayet: sanjaks of Salonica, Serres, Drama. Janina Vilayet: sanjaks of Ioannina, Tirhala, Ohrid...
- Sanjak of Prizren (Turkish: Prizren Sancağı, Albanian: Sanxhaku i Prizrenit, Serbian: Призренски санџак / Prizrenski sandžak) was one of the sanjaks in...
- Retrieved 22 September 2011. large districts and sanjaks in Rumeli: Jannina Naupaktos Egripoz (Euboea) Sanjak of Jannina ... The biographical Dictionary of...
- the city's location. The Sanjak of Zvornik was one of six Ottoman sanjaks with most developed shipbuilding (besides sanjaks of Vidin, Nicopolis, Požega...
- first, subdivided into the sovereign's sanjak and other sanjaks entrusted to the Ottoman sultan's sons. Sanjaks were governed by sanjakbeys, military governors...
- administrative reforms, in 1864, the sanjak of Acre was annexed to the newly created Syria Vilayet. In 1888, the sanjaks of Acre, Latakia, Tripoli, Beirut...
- The Sanjak of Elbasan (Turkish: İlbasan Sancağı; Albanian: Sanxhaku i Elbasanit) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire. Its county town was Elbasan...
- Mutasarrifate of Karak (Turkish: Kerek Mutasarrıflığı), also known as the Sanjak of Karak, was an Ottoman district with special administrative status established...