The 1864 Vilayet Law, also known as the Provincial Reform Law, was introduced during the Tanzimat era of the late Ottoman Empire. This era of administration was marked by reform movements, with provincial movements led largely by Midhat Pasha, a key player in the Vilayet Law itself. The Vilayet Law reorganized the provinces within the empire, replacing the medieval eyalet system.
Midhat Pasha
Law of the vilayets in Ottoman Turkish, published in Düstur series 1, Volume 1, Page 608
Law of the vilayets (French: loi des vilayets; 1867) in French, in Volume II of Legislation ottomane, published by Gregory Aristarchis and edited by Demetrius Nicolaides
The Vilayet Law (Greek: Νόμος των Βιλαετίων) within the "Ottoman Codes" (Greek: Оθωμανικοί Κώδηκες "Othōmanikoi kōdēkes", with Demotic Greek using "Οθωμανικοί κώδικες"), the Greek version of the Düstur, edited by Demetrius Nicolaides
Ahmed Shefik Midhat Pasha was an Ottoman politician, reformist and statesman. He was the author of the Constitution of the Ottoman Empire.
Midhat Pasha
Midhat Pasha in his middle age
Midhat Pasha played a major role in the abolition of slavery in the Ottoman Empire
Statue of Midhat Pasha in Ankara
