Six Armenian vilayets

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The Six Armenian vilayets were a group of eastern Ottoman Empire provinces with large Armenian populations that became central to Armenian national aspirations and later to the history of the Armenian Genocide.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Armenian vilayets 1
Six Armenian vilayets canonical 1
Six Vilayets 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman administrative division grouping ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeType vilayet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Armenian vilayets ⓘ
Six Vilayets ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Hamidian massacres ⓘ
borderedBy Persia (Qajar Iran) ⓘ
linked to: Qajar Iran

Russian Empire ⓘ
centralTo Armenian Question ⓘ
Armenian national movement ⓘ
history of the Armenian Genocide ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
demandedAutonomyBy Armenian political parties ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent Kurds ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
ethnicMajorityOrSignificantGroup Armenians ⓘ
formerTerritoryNowIn Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
geopoliticalSignificance borderland between Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire ⓘ
governedBy Ottoman governors (valis) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman authorities
hasPart Vilayet of Bitlis ⓘ
linked to: Bitlis Vilayet

Vilayet of Diyarbekir ⓘ
Vilayet of Erzurum ⓘ
linked to: Erzurum Vilayet

Vilayet of Kharput ⓘ
Vilayet of Sivas ⓘ
linked to: Sivas Province

Vilayet of Van ⓘ
historicallyClaimedBy Armenian nationalists ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Ottoman period ⓘ
languageCommonlySpoken Armenian ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
notableFor interethnic conflict in late Ottoman era ⓘ
large pre-1915 Armenian population ⓘ
mass deportations of Armenians in 1915 ⓘ
partOf Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historic Western Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Western Armenia
religionPresent Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
statusAfterWorldWarI incorporated into modern Turkey ⓘ
subjectOf Armenian reform schemes in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Berlin Article 61 ⓘ
timeInUse 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
topicOf Armenian historiography ⓘ
Ottoman studies scholarship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Van Vilayet → partOf → Six Armenian vilayets ⓘ
Bitlis Vilayet → wasPartOf → Six Vilayets ⓘ
linked to: Six Armenian vilayets
Six Armenian vilayets → alsoKnownAs → Armenian vilayets ⓘ
linked to: Six Armenian vilayets