Diyarbekir Vilayet

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Diyarbekir Vilayet was an administrative province of the Ottoman Empire in southeastern Anatolia, centered on the city of Diyarbakır and historically home to diverse Kurdish, Armenian, and Assyrian communities.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Diyarbekir Eyalet 5
Diyarbekir Vilayet canonical 4
Diyarbekir Vilayet (Ottoman Empire) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
vilayet ⓘ
administrativeCentre Diyarbakır ⓘ
borderedBy Aleppo Vilayet ⓘ
linked to: Aleppo Eyalet

Bitlis Vilayet ⓘ
Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet ⓘ
Mosul Vilayet ⓘ
capital Diyarbakır ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
followedBy Diyarbakır Province ⓘ
Republic of Turkey provincial system ⓘ
governanceType provincial administration ⓘ
governedBy vali ⓘ
hadSubdivisions kazas ⓘ
sanjaks ⓘ
historicalRegion Northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
language Armenian ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
southeastern Anatolia ⓘ
namedAfter Diyarbakır ⓘ
partOf Anatolia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
precededBy Diyarbekir Eyalet ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet
presentIn 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
religion Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Syriac Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Churches
replaced Diyarbekir Eyalet ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet
significantEvent Armenian genocide ⓘ
linked to: Armenian Genocide

Assyrian genocide ⓘ
timePeriod late Ottoman period ⓘ
todayPartOf Diyarbakır Province ⓘ
Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey

parts of surrounding Turkish provinces ⓘ
wasPartOf Ottoman eastern provinces ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Sayfo → location → Diyarbekir Vilayet ⓘ
Bitlis Vilayet → reorganizedFrom → Diyarbekir Vilayet ⓘ
Bitlis Vilayet → borderedBy → Diyarbekir Vilayet ⓘ
Diyarbakır Province → formerEntity → Diyarbekir Vilayet (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet
Western Armenia → contains → Diyarbekir region ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet
Aleppo Eyalet → borderedBy → Diyarbekir Eyalet ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet
Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet → precededBy → Diyarbekir Eyalet ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet
Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet → borderedBy → Diyarbekir Vilayet ⓘ
Sanjak of Siirt → partOf → Diyarbekir Eyalet ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet
Diyarbekir Vilayet → precededBy → Diyarbekir Eyalet ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet
Diyarbekir Vilayet → replaced → Diyarbekir Eyalet ⓘ
linked to: Diyarbekir Vilayet