Baghdad vilayet
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The Vilayet of Baghdad (Arabic: ولاية بغداد; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت بغداد, romanized: 'Vilâyet-i Bagdad; Modern Turkish: Bağdat Vilâyeti) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in modern-day central Iraq. The capital was Baghdad.
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Quick Facts Arabic: ولاية بغدادOttoman Turkish: ولايت بغدادVilâyet-i Bagdad, Capital ...
Baghdad Vilayet | |||||||||
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Vilayet of Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
1864–1918 | |||||||||
The Baghdad Vilayet in 1900 | |||||||||
Capital | Baghdad | ||||||||
Demonym | Bagdadi | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1885[1] | 141,160 km2 (54,500 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1885[1] | 850,000 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
1864 | |||||||||
1918 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Iraq |
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At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 54,503 square miles (141,160 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 850,000.[1] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[1]