Archives: Regions
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The Six Provinces (Vilâyat-ı Sitte)
Administrative units of the Vilâyat-ı Sitte Western Armenia and the Six Provinces (Vilâyat-ı Sitte) The eastern parts of the Ottoman Empire – Anatolia, Armenia and Kurdistan – which were predominantly inhabited by non-Turks, were restructured administratively numerous times. Under Sultan Murat III (1574-1596), the General Governorate Armenia (Eyalat Ermenistan) was the first to establish larger administrative units on the territory of the Ottoman-controlled Armenian settlement area (Western Armenia). This vast administrative unit was sub-divided into six pashalyks (Erzurum, Beyazıt, Kars, Van, Diyarbakır and Sivas). The boundaries of these pashalyks initially corresponded to the settlement areas of the respective majority populaces. Under Mahmut I, however, [...]
Van – Վան Vilayet (Province)
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial Berlin: Ice-covered Commemorative Plate for Van The Province of Van (Vital Cuinet, 1892; source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/CUINET%281892%29_2.664_Van_Vilayet.jpg) The City of Van Van in this world, and paradise in the next! Armenian idiom “Seated that afternoon on the bare cliff of Tetvan [Tatvan], dreaming in solitude and contemplating the opal waters of Van, I was surrounded by gliding shadows and the Sipan-Dagh, which loomed against the evening sky, like a pyramid of smoke, enveloped gradually in a cloak of dark cloud, while Ararat flared in the distance like a smidge of brimstone. That landscape, with its deathly gleam and its infinitively mournful beauty, assured me [...]