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unusual facts about vilayet



Ankara Vilayet

Weaving was a popular industry in the vilayet but declined after the introduction of the railroad, where locals would export wool and mohair instead of weaving it.

Sarajevo in Austria-Hungary

Among others, it stipulated the following points: full independence from the Ottoman Empire for the principalities of Serbia and Montenegro, de jure autonomy (de facto independence) within the Ottoman Empire for the Principality of Bulgaria, and the autonomous province status for the Bosnian Vilayet within the Ottoman Empire.

Sasima

Sasima is the modern Turkish village of Zamzama, a little to the north of Yer Hissar, in the Ottoman vilayet of Koniah, where a few inscriptions and rock tombs are to be found.


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