Definition of "vilayets" []

• Plural form of vilayet. (noun)

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• "Asia Minor proper is divided into fifteen "vilayets" or administrative territories, two separate sanjaks (districts), and one principality (Samos)."
• ""For three out of four centuries of Ottoman rule, Baghdad was the seat of administration for the vilayets of Baghdad, Mosul, and Basra.""
• "Mesopotamia — or the former Ottoman vilayets of Basra, Baghdad, and Mosul — had rid itself of the Turks by 1918, more as a consequence of the arrival of British and Indian troops than as a result of local efforts."