Lazistan Sanjak
Ottoman province in northeastern Anatolia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lazistan (Laz: ლაზონა / Lazona,[upper-alpha 1] 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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Lazistān Sancağı Lazistan Sanjak | |||||||||||||
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Sanjak of Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||||
1551–1925 | |||||||||||||
Capital | Batumi (until 1878) Rize (1878–1925) | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• Coordinates | 40°55′54″N 40°50′52″E | ||||||||||||
• 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 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey Georgia |
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