Manastir vilayet
The Vilayet of Manastir was a first-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire, created in 1874, dissolved in 1877 and re-established in 1879. The vilayet was occupied during the First Balkan War in 1912 and divided between the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Serbia, with some parts later becoming part of the newly established Principality of Albania.
Administrative divisions
Initially the Manastir Vilayet had the following sanjaks:After some administrative reforms accomplished in 1867 and 1877 parts of the Manastir Vilayet were ceded to newly established Scutari Vilayet and Kosovo Vilayet.
The administrative divisions of the Manastir Vilayet until 1912 were:
- Sanjak of Monastir: Kazas of Manastir, Pirlepe, Florina, Kıraçova and Ohrid.
- Sanjak of Serfiğe : Kazas of Serfiçe, Kozana, Alasonya, Kayalar, Nasliç and Grebne.
- Sanjak of Dibra: Kazas of Debre-i Bala, Mat, Debre-i Zir, Rakalar.
- Sanjak of Elbasan : Kazas of İlbasan, Grameç and Peklin.
- Sanjak of Görice: Kazas of Görice, İstarova, Kolonya and Kesriye.
Demographics
1897
According to Russian consul in the Manastir Vilayet, A. Rostkovski, finishing the statistical article in 1897, the total population was 803,340, with Rostkovski grouping the population into the following groups:- Turks, Ottomans: 78,867
- Albanians, Ghegs: 144,918
- Albanians, Tosks: 81,518
- Albanians, Christians: 35,525
- Slavs, Exarchists: 186,656
- Slavs, Patriarchists: 93,694
- Slavs, Muslims: 11,542
- Greeks, Christians: 97,439
- Greeks, Muslims: 10,584
- Vlachs : 53,227
- Jews: 5,270
1906/07
- Muslims - 328,551
- Christian Greeks - 286,001
- Christian Bulgarians - 197,088
- Wallachians - 5,556
- Jews - 5,459
- Gypsies - 2,104
- Armenians - 8
- Protestants - 5
- Latins - 3
- Foreign citizens - 53
1911
- Muslims - 455,720
- Greeks - 349.541
- Bulgarians - 246,344
- Jews - 10,651
- Armenians - 9
- Other - 2,614
1912