ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTUREOF THE VILAYET OF PRIZREN1870–1874
ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTUREOF THE VILAYET OF PRIZREN1870–1874

Summary/Abstract: During the 19thcentury, the Ottoman Empire enforced comprehensive reforms with the objective of strengthening centralization and establishing firmer control over the entire territory. This paper focuses on the territorial borders of the Vilayet of Prizren, as one of theprovinces in the Balkans, and analyzes the enforcement of the administrative reforms, as well as their (un)successful effects. The reforms were enforced by the officials sent from the Empire’s capital, and their success depended upon the influence of Muslim groups, but also on the non-Muslim population that had increasing tendencies toward national independence. The reconstruction of the territorial-administrative structure was possible due to the Ottoman state yearbooks (Salname-i Devlet-i Aliyye-i Osmaniyye), and the issues of the provincial salnamesof the Vilayet of Prizren (Salname-i Vilayet-i Prizren).

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