Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire

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The Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire were the Arabic-speaking regions in the Middle East and North Africa that were governed by the Ottoman sultans from the 16th century until the empire’s dissolution in the early 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former Ottoman territory
historical region
administeredAs eyalets
sanjaks
vilayets
capital Istanbul (imperial capital)
linked to: Istanbul
dissolvedFollowing Treaty of Lausanne
Treaty of Sèvres
partition of the Ottoman Empire
endTime early 20th century
ethnicGroup Arabs
Armenians
Circassians
Greeks
Jews
Kurds
Turks
followedBy League of Nations mandates in the Middle East
modern Arab states in the Middle East and North Africa
governedBy Ottoman sultan
hasPart Aleppo Vilayet
linked to: Aleppo Eyalet

Algiers Eyalet
Asir
Baghdad Vilayet
linked to: Baghdad Governorate

Basra Vilayet
linked to: Basra Governorate

Beirut Vilayet
linked to: Vilayet of Beirut

Damascus Eyalet
Egypt Eyalet
Hejaz Vilayet
linked to: Hejaz

Kuwait (as Ottoman-claimed territory at times)
linked to: Kuwait

Libya (Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Fezzan)
linked to: Libya

Mosul Vilayet
Najd (various sanjaks and emirates)
Palestine (sanjaks of Jerusalem, Nablus, Acre, etc.)
Qatar (as Ottoman-claimed territory at times)
linked to: Qatar

Sudan (Ottoman–Egyptian Sudan)
Syria Vilayet
Tripoli Eyalet
Tunis Eyalet
Yemen Vilayet
linked to: Yemen
locatedIn Middle East
North Africa
partOf Dar al-Islam
Ottoman Empire
religion Sunni Islam
religiousGroup Christians
linked to: Christian Church

Jews
Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims
linked to: Sunni Islam
significantEvent Arab Revolt
Ottoman conquest of Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman–Safavid conflicts
Tanzimat reforms
linked to: Tanzimat

World War I in the Middle East
Young Turk Revolution
sovereignUntil Ottoman defeat in World War I
startTime 16th century
useLanguage Arabic

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman Turkish usedIn Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
subject linked to: ota
Second Constitutional Era region Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
sanjakbey historicalRegionOfUse Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
Sinan Agha regionOfActivity Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
Freedom and Accord Party region Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
Damascus Eyalet partOf Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman provincial administration appliedIn Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire