Ottoman provinces (eyalets, later vilayets) were divided into sanjaks (also called livas) governed by sanjakbeys (also called Mutesarrifs) and were further subdivided into timars (fiefs held by timariots), kadiluks (the area of responsibility of a judge, or Kadı) and zeamets (also ziam; larger timars). The contemporary name of the Balkan region o...
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• (n.) A district or a subvision of a vilayet.
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San'jak noun [ Turk.
sanjāg .] A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [ Turkey]
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