Lazistan Sanjak

Lazistān Sancağı Lazistan Sanjak
Sanjak of Ottoman Empire
1551–1925
Lazistan Sanjak within the Trebizond Vilayet in 1890
Capital	Batumi (until 1878) Rize (1878–1925)
Area
• Coordinates	40°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
• Ottoman invasion of Guria	1551
• incorporated to Erzurum Eyalet	1578
• Trebizond Eyalet	1598
• Trebizond Vilayet	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 of	Turkey Georgia

Laz people
Place of distribution Lazistan Georgia Turkey Germany
Religion Sunni Islam Christianity Eparchy of Batumi and Lazeti The Seven Brothers of Lazia Laz Martyrs Churches: Jibistasi, Noghedi, Pironity
Culture Laz language Laz grammar Barchkhali Dance Cuisine Agani Murutsxi (Newspaper)
History Colchian culture ancient Colchian tribes Colchis Satrapy of Persia Greek colonisation Pontus Roman rule Kingdom of Lazica Christianization Byzantine rule Trebizond Empire Kingdom of Imereti Ottoman rule Hellenization Laz rebellion (1832–1834)
Related peoples Mingrelians Svans other groups of Georgians Pontic Greeks (possibly)
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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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