Sanjak of Monastir

The Sanjak of Monastir or Manastir (Turkish: Manastir Sancağı) or Bitola, was a sanjak within the Rumelia Eyalet (1465–1867) and then the Manastir Vilayet (1874–1912). The administrative seat was in Manastir (Bitola).

Sanjak of Monastir, late 19th century.

Sub-districts

1880

The sub-districts, kaza, of the Sanjak of Manastir included (in 1880):[1]

  • Bitola
  • Florina
  • Kičevo
  • Prilep
  • Ohrid

And the mudurluk of:

  • Prespa
  • Resen
  • Ekşisu
  • Mariovo

–1908

The sub-districts, kaza, of the Sanjak of Manastir included (before 1908):[2]

Demographics

1897

Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Sanjak of Monastir as per the 1881-82 Census[3]

  Bulgar millet (49.8%)
  Muslims (26.7%)
  Rum millet (22.2%)
  Jews (1.3%)

According to Russian consul in the Manastir Vilayet, A. Rostkovski, finishing the statistical article in 1897, the total population of the sanjak was 308,996, with Rostkovski grouping the population into the following groups:[4]

  • Slavic Exarchists: 151,863
  • Slavic Patriarchists: 51,749
  • Slavic Muslims: 8,251
  • Albanian Muslims: 45,259
  • Albanian Christians: 723
  • Vlachs (Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians): 22,681
  • Turks, Ottomans: 24,923
  • Jews: 4,270

Ottoman censuses

Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Sanjak of Monastir as per the 1905-1906 Census[3]

  Bulgar millet (47.9%)
  Muslims (26.6%)
  Rum millet (23.9%)
  Jews (1.3%)
  Miscellaneous (0.2%)

According to the 1881–1882 and the 1905–1906 census of the Ottoman Empire, the population of the Sanjak of Manastir is distributed, as follows:[3]

Ethnoconfessional group
Ottoman Census of 1881-1882 % Ottoman Census of 1905-1906 %
Orthodox Bulgarians 162,796 49.8 171,618 47.9
Muslims 87,292 26.7 95,191 26.6
Orthodox Greeks 72,600 22.2 85,729 23.9
Jews 4,274 1.3 4,559 1.3
Wallachians N/A N/A 652 0.1
Gypsies N/A N/A 535 0.1
Protestants 38 0.0 - 0.0
Armenians 26 0.0 2 0.0
Foreign citizens 47 0.0 31 0.0
Total 327,073 100.0 358,317 100.0

References
  1. Vakalopoulos, Kostandinos A. Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912), Thessaloniki, 1988, p. 75
  2. "Ottoman Provinces before 1908" (PDF).
  3. Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres. pp. 144–145, 166–167.
  4. "Jedna statistika iz srednje Maćedonije". Nova Iskra (15–16): 251. 26 July 1899.
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