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sanjak
Sign in to saveAlso known as sandjak, sanjaq, sinjaq, sançak, sanjaks, sanjack, sanjuk, sanajiq
thumb|The Vilayets and Sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire around 1317 Hijri, 1899 Gregorian
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- Sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire
- native label
- sancak
- quantity
- 114
- end time
- 1921-01-20
- start time
- 1200-00-00
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thumb|The Vilayets and Sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire around 1317 Hijri, 1899 Gregorian
A sanjak or sancak (, , "flag, banner") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans also sometimes called the sanjak a liva (, ) from the name's calque in Arabic and Persian.
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