Sanjak of Monastir

Sanjak of Monastir, late 19th century.

The Sanjak of Monastir or Manastir (Turkish: Manastir Sancağı) or Bitola, was a sanjak ("district", or "banner") part of the Rumelia Eyalet (1465–1867) and then the Manastir Vilayet (1874–1912). The administrative seat was in Manastir (Bitola).

Sub-districts

1880

The sub-districts, kaza, of the Sanjak of Manastir included (in 1880):^[1]

• Bitola
• Florina
• Kičevo
• Prilep
• Ohrid

And the mudurluk of:

• Prespa
• Resen
• Ekşisu
• Mariovo

–1908

The sub-districts, kaza, of the Sanjak of Manastir included (before 1908):^[2]

• Monastir (Bitola)
• Pirlepe (Prilep)
• Florina
• Kıraçova (Kičevo)
• Ohrid

Demographics

1897

According to Russian consul in the Manastir Vilayet, A. Rostkovski, finishing the statistical article in 1897, the total population of the sanjak was 308,996, with Rostkovski grouping the population into the following groups:^[3]

• Slavic Exarchists: 151,863
• Slavic Patriarchists: 51,749
• Slavic Muslims: 8,251
• Albanian Muslims: 45,259
• Albanian Christians: 723
• Vlachs (Aromanians): 22,681
• Turks, Ottomans: 24,923
• Jews: 4,270

References

1. Vakalopoulos, Kostandinos A. Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912), Thessaloniki, 1988, p. 75
2. "Ottoman Provinces before 1908" (PDF).
3. "Jedna statistika iz srednje Maćedonije". Nova Iskra (15–16): 251. 26 July 1899.