Talk:Vilayet

Opening heading
I think there is problem with the date or the use of the term vilayet. This term was used much earlier. I have seen multiple historical works refer to parts of Hungary under Turkish occupation as vilayets (e.g., the vilayet of Buda). This occupation started (roughly) in 1526 and lasted for about 350 years). I don't have time to research this, so am adding this note in case somebody else does.kovesp (talk) 22:12, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

no info about Kuwait or Lahsa
no details about Kuwait or Lahsa .. however, those areas were covered under the Basrah Vilayet !! article needs correction. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.13.3.80 (talk) 07:48, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Move request

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The result of the move request was: page moved per request. - GTBacchus(talk) 17:39, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire → Vilayet – this simpler title is already a redirect for this page. It's unlikely to be confused with the arabic Wilayah, and the new title would be consistent with the name of the article about eyalets.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 11:32, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Comment: The term Vilayet was used during the early republican period (1923-1935). Takabeg (talk) 11:52, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Vilayet redirects here anyway as it is now. We could add something like 'for the Turkish provinces, see provinces of Turkey'.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 22:41, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
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Sofia?
A vilayet of Sofia/Sophia is depicted on some maps dating from 1878 (from before the war) and the proposal to create such an autonomous vilayet is mentioned in Constantinople Conference, but according to the article the Ottoman government dismissed the results of the conference and the vilayet remained only on paper. Did such a vilayet ever exist?--eh bien mon prince (talk) 21:34, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * From 1876 to 1877 existed the so-called Valilik Sofia. It was a sanjak that was administrated by a Vali, an office which belongs to the head of Vilayet actually, instead of a mutassarif. So they called it Valilik. --Arturius001 (talk) 08:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Independent sanjaks
In "Vilayets and independent sanjaks in 1917" Sanjaks of Urfa and Marash independent sanjaks? or parts of Aleppo vilayet?

Bolding French
France never owned the Ottoman Empire, let alone its internal subdivisions. What's the rationale of even including it at all, let alone bolding it as if they were the common English forms of the name?

Saw the cute code comment. No, that's not how it should've been handled. — Llywelyn II   04:31, 10 December 2022 (UTC)