Bosnia vilayet

The Bosnia Vilayet (Serbo-Croatian: Bosanski vilajet/Vilajet Bosna) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, mostly comprising the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with minor parts of modern Montenegro. It bordered Kosovo Vilayet to the south. Before the administrative reform in 1867, it was called the Bosnia Eyalet. In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of 46,000 square kilometres (17,900 sq mi).^[3]

Bosnia Vilayet ولايت بوسنی (Ottoman Turkish) Vilâyet-i Bosna Bosanski vilajet (Serbo-Croatian)
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
1867–1878 de facto, 1908 de jure[1]
The Bosnia Vilayet after the Congress of Berlin
Capital	Sarajevo
Area
• Coordinates	43°52′N 18°25′E
• 1879	46,000 km2 (18,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1879	1,158,440
History
• Vilayet Law	1867
• Treaty of Berlin	1878
• Bosnian Crisis	1908
Preceded by Succeeded by Bosnia Eyalet Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Today part of	Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro
Sources for population;[2] area[3]

It effectively ceased to exist as an Ottoman province after the Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, although it formally existed for thirty more years until 1908, despite being governed by Austria-Hungary. This excluded Old Herzegovina, which was ceded to the Principality of Montenegro in 1878. In 1908, during the Bosnian Crisis, Austria-Hungary formally annexed it into its own territory.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:^{[4][dead link]}

1. Sanjak of Bosnia (Kazas of Visoka, Foyniça, Çayniça, Vişegrad, Çelebipazar and Kladine)
2. Sanjak of Izvornik (Its center was Tuzla, included kazas of Maglay, Gradçaniça, Gradaçaç, Breçka, Belene, İzvornik and Birçe)
3. Sanjak of Banaluka (Kazas of Berbir, Derbend and Teşene)
4. Sanjak of Hersek (Its center was Mostar, included kazas of Foça, Koniça, Dumna, Liyubuşka, İstolça, Trebin, Bileke, Nikşik and Gaçka)
5. Sanjak of Travnik (Kazas of Yayçe, Akhisar, Belgradçık and İhlivne)
6. Sanjak of Bihke (Kazas of Köluyc, Novosel, Sazın, Krupa, Kostayniça and Pridor)

Languages

Bosnian language was used as the second official language of this vilayet.^[5][6]

See also

• List of Ottoman governors of Bosnia
• Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Pashaluk of Herzegovina
• Sanjak of Novi Pazar