A vilayet, also known by various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the late Ottoman Empire. It was introduced under the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat ref
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
Vilayet
…Janina Vilayet: sanjaks of Ioannina, Tirhala, Ohrid, Preveze, Berat. Monastir Vilayet: sanjaks of Manastir (now Bitola), Prizren, Üsküb, Dibra. Scutari Vilayet: sanjak of Scutari…
Table of the quantity and composition of the gendarmerie in the Bitola Vilayet (Bitola, July 22, 1904)