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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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- Etymology
- History
- Mutasarrifates in the Levant
- See also
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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.