Mutasarrifate

Also known as Mutasarrif, Mutasarrifiyah, Mutassarefia, Mutasarrifia, Mutasarrifiyyah, Mutassarif, Mutesarrif, Mutasarrifiyya

thumbnail|1895 map showing the Hüdavendigâr Eyalet, divided into Sanjaks, showing the separate Mutasarrifate of Biga and the Mutasarrifate of [[Izmit]]

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Mutasarrifates in the Levant
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thumbnail|1895 map showing the Hüdavendigâr Eyalet, divided into Sanjaks, showing the separate Mutasarrifate of Biga and the Mutasarrifate of [[Izmit]]

Mutasarrif or mutesarrif () was the title used in the Ottoman Empire and places like post-Ottoman Iraq for the governor of an administrative district in place of the usual sanjakbey. The Ottoman rank of mutasarrif was established as part of a 1864 reform, and its holder was appointed directly by the Sultan.