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Also 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
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114
end time
1921-01-20
start time
1200-00-00
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  • Ottoman Empire
  • History
  • Government
  • Legacy
  • Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
  • Mandate of Syria
  • Liwas
  • Sandžak
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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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