Lazistan Sanjak

Lazistān Sancağı
Lazistan Sanjak
Sanjak of Ottoman Empire
1551–1925

  Lazistan Sanjak within the Trebizond Vilayet in 1890
CapitalBatumi (until 1878)
Rize (1878–1925)
Area
 • Coordinates40°55′54″N 40°50′52″E / 40.93167°N 40.84778°E / 40.93167; 40.84778
 
• 1873
7,000 km2 (2,700 sq mi)
Population 
• 1873
400,000
History 
1551
• incorporated to Erzurum Eyalet
1578
1598
1867
• according to Treaty of Berlin eastern portion of Lazistan sanjak became part of the Batum Oblast of Russian Empire
1878
• Abolished by Republic of Turkey
1925
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Principality of Guria
Lazia (theme)
Batum Oblast
Rize Province
Today part ofTurkey
Georgia

Lazistan (Laz: ლაზონა / Lazona,[A] ლაზეთი / Lazeti, ჭანეთი / Ç'aneti; Ottoman Turkish: لازستان, Lazistān) was the Ottoman administrative name for the sanjak, under Trebizond Vilayet, comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. It covered modern day land of contemporary Rize Province and the littoral of contemporary Artvin Province.
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