Manastir vilayet

ولايت مناستر
*Vilâyet-i Manastır*
ولايت مناستر; Vilâyet-i Manastır
Vilayetof theOttoman Empire
1874–1877; 1879–1912
	Flag
	; The Manastir Vilayet in 1867–1912
Capital	Manastir
Population
• 1911	1,069,789
History
• Established	1874
• Disestablished	1912
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Rumelia Eyalet
Independent Albania
Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Serbia
Today part of	Albania; North Macedonia; Greece

TheVilayet of Manastir^[3](Ottoman Turkish:ولايت مناستر,romanized:Vilâyet-i Manastır)^[4]was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of theOttoman Empire,created in 1874, dissolved in 1877 and re-established in 1879.^[5]The vilayet was occupied during theFirst Balkan Warin 1912 and divided between theKingdom of Greeceand theKingdom of Serbia,^[5]with some parts later becoming part of the newly establishedPrincipality of Albania.

Administrative divisions[edit]

Initially the Manastir Vilayet had the following sanjaks:^[6]

After administrative reforms in 1867 and 1877 some parts of the Manastir Vilayet were ceded to newly establishedScutari Vilayet(1867) andKosovo Vilayet(1877).

Administrative divisions of Manastir Vilayet until 1912:^[7]

Sanjak of Manastir: Kazas of Manastir (Bitola), Pirlepe (Prilep),Florina,Kıraçova (Kičevo) andOhrid.
Sanjak of Serfiğe(Between 1864-1867 and 1873–1892): Kazas ofSerfiçe(modern Servia),Kozana(modern Kozani),Alasonya(modern Elasson), Kayalar (Ptolemaida),Nasliç(modern Neapolis, Kozani) andGrebne(modern Grevena).
Sanjak of Dibra:Kazas of Debre-i Bala (Debar),Mat,Debre-i Zir (Its center wasPiskopoya), Rakalar (region around riverRadika(its local name is River region (Macedonian:Река).
Sanjak of Elbasan(İlbasan): Kazas ofİlbasan,GrameçandPeklin.
Sanjak of Görice:Kazas of Görice (Korçë), İstarova (Pogradec), Kolonya (Erseke) (Its center was Ersek) and Kesriye (Kastoria).

Demographics[edit]

1897[edit]

According to Russian consul in the Manastir Vilayet, A. Rostkovski, finishing the statistical article in 1897, the total population was 803,340, with Rostkovski grouping the population into the following groups:^[8]^{[verification needed]}

Turks, Ottomans: 78,867
Albanians, Ghegs: 144,918
Albanians, Tosks: 81,518
Albanians, Christians: 35,525
Slavs, Exarchists: 186,656
Slavs, Patriarchists: 93,694
Slavs, Muslims: 11,542
Greeks, Christians: 97,439
Greeks, Muslims: 10,584
Vlachs (Aromanians): 53,227
Jews: 5,270

1906/07[edit]

According to the 1906/07 Ottoman census the vilayet had a total population of 824,828 people, ethnically consisting as:^[9]

Muslims - 328,551
Christian Greeks - 286,001
Christian Bulgarians - 197,088
Wallachians- 5,556
Jews - 5,459
Gypsies- 2,104
Armenians - 8
Protestants- 5
Latins- 3
Foreign citizens - 53

1911[edit]

According to Ottoman census data, the ethnoreligious composition in 1911 was the following (Serbs and Orthodox Albanians were included as either Greeks or Bulgarians):^[10]

Muslims- 455,720
Greeks- 349.541
Bulgarians- 246,344
Jews- 10,651
Armenians- 9
Other - 2,614

1912[edit]

According to an estimation published in a Belgian magazine, the ethnic composition in 1912 when the vilayet was dissolved during theFirst Balkan Warwas:^[11]

OrthodoxBulgarians- 331,000
MuslimAlbanians- 219,000
OrthodoxVlachs- 65,500
OrthodoxGreeks- 62,000
Muslim Bulgarians- 24,000
MuslimTurks- 11,500
mixed - 35,000

References[edit]

^Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)."Monastir".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^Teaching Modern Southeast European History Archived2012-03-20 at theWayback Machine.Alternative Educational Materials, p. 26
^Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)."Macedonia".Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Manastır( "Yearbook of the Vilayet of Monastir" ), Manastır vilâyet matbaası, Manastır [Macedonia], 1292 [1875]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Library.
^^a ^bBirken, Andreas (1976).Die Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches.Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients (in German). Vol. 13. Reichert. pp. 71–72.ISBN 9783920153568.
^Gjurmime albanologjike(in Serbian). Pristina: Albanološki institut u Prištini. 1968. p. 177.Retrieved4 January2012.
^http://tarihvemedeniyet.org/documents/makaleler/20.%20yy%20Osmanli%20Vilayetleri.pdfOttoman Provinces before 1908
^"Jedna statistika iz srednje Maćedonije".Nova Iskra(15–16): 251. 26 July 1899.
^Kemal Karpat(1985),Ottoman Population, 1830-1914, Demographic and Social Characteristics,The University of Wisconsin Press,p. 168-169
^Teaching Modern Southeast European History Archived2012-03-20 at theWayback Machine.Alternative Educational Materials, p. 26
^Published on December 21, 1912 in the Belgian magazineOns Volk Ontwaakt(Our Nation Awakes) - view the table of Vilajet Manastir:Skynet GodsdBalkan Archived2017-05-09 at theWayback Machine

External links[edit]

Media related toMonastir Vilayetat Wikimedia Commons

[1] Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)."Monastir".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[mseh-2] Teaching Modern Southeast European History Archived2012-03-20 at theWayback Machine.Alternative Educational Materials, p. 26

[eb1911-3] Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)."Macedonia".Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[4] Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Manastır( "Yearbook of the Vilayet of Monastir" ), Manastır vilâyet matbaası, Manastır [Macedonia], 1292 [1875]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Library.

[ProvinzenMonastirVilayet-5] Birken, Andreas (1976).Die Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches.Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients (in German). Vol. 13. Reichert. pp. 71–72.ISBN 9783920153568.

[6] Gjurmime albanologjike(in Serbian). Pristina: Albanološki institut u Prištini. 1968. p. 177.Retrieved4 January2012.

[7] ttp://tarihvemedeniyet.org/documents/makaleler/20.%20yy%20Osmanli%20Vilayetleri.pdfOttoman Provinces before 1908

[8] "Jedna statistika iz srednje Maćedonije".Nova Iskra(15–16): 251. 26 July 1899.

[9] Kemal Karpat(1985),Ottoman Population, 1830-1914, Demographic and Social Characteristics,The University of Wisconsin Press,p. 168-169

[10] Teaching Modern Southeast European History Archived2012-03-20 at theWayback Machine.Alternative Educational Materials, p. 26

[skynet-11] Published on December 21, 1912 in the Belgian magazineOns Volk Ontwaakt(Our Nation Awakes) - view the table of Vilajet Manastir:Skynet GodsdBalkan Archived2017-05-09 at theWayback Machine

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