Ottoman Provinces in Anatolia - Vilayet of Van, Vilayet of Erzurum, Vilayet of Bitlis, Vilayet of Trabzon, Vilayet of Adana (Paperback)

Chapters: Vilayet of Van, Vilayet of Erzurum, Vilayet of Bitlis, Vilayet of Trabzon, Vilayet of Adana, Diyar-I Bekr Province, Ottoman Empire, Konya Province, Ottoman Empire, Ankara Province, Ottoman Empire, Rum Province, Ottoman Empire, Anatolia Province, Ottoman Empire, Kars Province, Ottoman Empire, Adana Province, Ottoman Empire. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Vilayet of Van, (Armenian: ) was one of the Six Armenian Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire. The province had been established in the 16th after the Peace of Amasya between Ottoman Empire and Persia. Until 19th century the borders of the province had been changed. In 1897-1902 the boundaries of vilayet didn't change. The center of province was Van. It was also the border province of the north-eastern frontier, towards Russian and Persian territory. Armenian population of Van province in 1896.Based on the official 1914 Ottoman Census the population of Van province consisted of 179,422 Muslims and 67,797 Armenians. The Ottoman Census figures include only male citizens, excluding women and children. According to Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, the corrected estimates for Van province (including women and children) was; 313,000 Muslims, 130,000 Armenians, and 65,000 others, including Syriac Christians and Nestorians. The Vilayet of Van had a higher percentage of Armenians in its population than any other province of the Ottoman Empire. There were about 185,000 (52.9%) Armenians, 72,000 (20.6%) Kurds, 47,000 (13.4%) Turks, 25,000 (7.1%) Yazidis. Remained 21 thousands were Nestorians, Jacobites, Chaldaeans. The defense of Van, 1915Vilayet of Van lay along the Persian frontier between the vilayets of Erzurum and Mosul. The northern sanjak comprised open plateau country N. and E. of th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=375299