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| ولايت دياربكر Vilâyet-i Diyâr-ı Bekr | |||||||||
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| Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1867–1922 | |||||||||
_2.434_Diyarbekir_Vilayet.jpg) The Diyâr-ı Bekr Vilayet in 1892 | |||||||||
| Capital | Diyarbekir[1] | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1867 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | 1922 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey Syria | ||||||||
The Vilayet of Diyâr-ı Bekr (Armenian: Տիգրանակերտի նահանգ, Ottoman Turkish: ولايت دياربكر, Vilâyet-i Diyarbakır)[2] was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, wholly located within what is now modern Turkey. The vilayet extended south from Palu on the Euphrates to Mardin and Nusaybin on the edge of the Mesopotamian plain.[1] After the establishment of Republic of Turkey in 1923, the region was incorporated into the newly created state.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Diyarbekir Vilayet reportedly had an area of 18,074 square miles (46,810 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 471,462.[3] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[3]
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Hathi Trust Digital Library - Holdings: Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Diyarbakır.
- ^ a b Asia by A. H. Keane, page 460