- A
sanjak or
sancak (Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق, sancak, "flag, banner") was an
administrative division of the
Ottoman Empire. The
Ottomans also
sometimes called...
-
Sanjak-bey, sanjaq-bey or -beg (Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق بك, lit. 'lord of the standard') was the
title given in the
Ottoman Empire to a bey (a high-ranking...
- The
Sanjak of
Smederevo (Turkish: ****dire Sancağı, Serbian: Смедеревски санџак /
Smederevski sandžak), also
known in
historiography as the
Pashalik of...
- The
Sanjak of
Scutari or
Sanjak of
Shkodra (Albanian:
Sanxhaku i Shkodrës; Serbian: Скадарски санџак; Turkish: İskenderiye Sancağı or İşkodra Sancağı)...
- The
Sanjak of
Alexandretta (Arabic: لواء الإسكندرونة, romanized: Liwa' Al-Iskandarūna; Turkish: İskenderun Sancağı; French:
Sandjak d'Alexandrette) was...
- The
Sanjak of
Jerusalem (Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق قدس, romanized: Sancâk-ı Kudüs; Arabic: سنجق القدس, romanized: Sanjaq al-Quds) was an
Ottoman sanjak that...
- The
Sanjak of
Hamid (also Hamideli) was a second-level
province (
sanjak) of the
Ottoman Empire. The
sanjak comprised the
region around the town of Isparta...
-
Sanjak of
Bosnia (Turkish:
Bosna Sancağı, Serbo-Croatian:
Bosanski sandžak / Босански санџак) was one of the
sanjaks of the
Ottoman Empire established...
- The
Sanjak of
Herzegovina (Turkish:
Hersek Sancağı; Serbo-Croatian: Hercegovački sandžak) was an
Ottoman administrative unit
established in 1470. The seat...
- each
province was
appointed by the
central government.
Sanjaks (banners) were
governed by
sanjak-beys,
selected from the high
military ranks by the central...
