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<p><b>Ottoman Iraq</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">العراق العثماني</span>) refers to the period of the history of <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Iraq</a> when the region was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> (1534–1920; with an interlude from 1704 to 1831 From Independence under the <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_dynasty_(Iraq)" title="Mamluk dynasty (Iraq)"> Mamluk state of Iraq)</a>.<br />Before reforms (1534–1704), <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Iraq</a> was divided into four <a href="/wiki/Eyalet" title="Eyalet">Eyalets</a> (provinces): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baghdad_Eyalet" title="Baghdad Eyalet">Baghdad Eyalet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahrizor_Eyalet" title="Shahrizor Eyalet">Shahrizor Eyalet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basra_Eyalet" title="Basra Eyalet">Basra Eyalet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosul_Eyalet" title="Mosul Eyalet">Mosul Eyalet</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_(1844%E2%80%931922).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Ottoman Iraq was later (1831–1920) divided into the three <a href="/wiki/Vilayets" class="mw-redirect" title="Vilayets">vilayets</a> (provinces): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mosul_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosul Vilayet">Mosul Vilayet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baghdad_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Baghdad Vilayet">Baghdad Vilayet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basra_Vilayet_(Ottoman_Empire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basra Vilayet (Ottoman Empire)">Basra Vilayet</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ottoman_Empire_Administrative_Divisions.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ottoman_Empire_Administrative_Divisions.png/220px-Ottoman_Empire_Administrative_Divisions.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ottoman_Empire_Administrative_Divisions.png/330px-Ottoman_Empire_Administrative_Divisions.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ottoman_Empire_Administrative_Divisions.png/440px-Ottoman_Empire_Administrative_Divisions.png 2x" data-file-width="4455" data-file-height="4840" /></a><figcaption>A map showing the administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire in 1317 Hijri (1899 Gregorian), including Ottoman Iraq</figcaption></figure> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, an invasion of the region was undertaken by <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> forces and was known as the <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_campaign" title="Mesopotamian campaign">Mesopotamian campaign</a>. Fighting commenced with the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Basra_(1914)" title="Battle of Basra (1914)">Battle of Basra</a> in 1914 and continued for the duration of the war. The most notable action was the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kut" title="Siege of Kut">siege of Kut</a>, which resulted in the surrender of the British and <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> garrison of the town in April 1916, after a siege of 147 days.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_maps,_showing_eyalets_(pre_Tanzimat_reforms)"><span id="Contemporary_maps.2C_showing_eyalets_.28pre_Tanzimat_reforms.29"></span>Contemporary maps, showing eyalets (pre Tanzimat reforms)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ottoman_Iraq&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Contemporary maps, showing eyalets (pre Tanzimat reforms)"><span>edit</span></a><span 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.footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="title"><div>Maps of contemporary Ottoman Iraq showing eyalets (pre 1864 Vilayet law)</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ottoman_Empire_1696_by_Jaillot.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1696 (Jaillot), showing eyalets"><img alt="1696 (Jaillot), showing eyalets" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ottoman_Empire_1696_by_Jaillot.jpg/180px-Ottoman_Empire_1696_by_Jaillot.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ottoman_Empire_1696_by_Jaillot.jpg/270px-Ottoman_Empire_1696_by_Jaillot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ottoman_Empire_1696_by_Jaillot.jpg/360px-Ottoman_Empire_1696_by_Jaillot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2399" data-file-height="2055" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1696 (<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Hubert_Jaillot" class="extiw" title="de:Alexis Hubert Jaillot">Jaillot</a>), showing eyalets</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1730_Ottens_Map_of_Persia_(Iran,_Iraq,_Turkey)_-_Geographicus_-_RegnumPersicum-ottens-1730.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1730 (Ottens)"><img alt="1730 (Ottens)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/1730_Ottens_Map_of_Persia_%28Iran%2C_Iraq%2C_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_RegnumPersicum-ottens-1730.jpg/180px-1730_Ottens_Map_of_Persia_%28Iran%2C_Iraq%2C_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_RegnumPersicum-ottens-1730.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/1730_Ottens_Map_of_Persia_%28Iran%2C_Iraq%2C_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_RegnumPersicum-ottens-1730.jpg/270px-1730_Ottens_Map_of_Persia_%28Iran%2C_Iraq%2C_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_RegnumPersicum-ottens-1730.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/1730_Ottens_Map_of_Persia_%28Iran%2C_Iraq%2C_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_RegnumPersicum-ottens-1730.jpg/360px-1730_Ottens_Map_of_Persia_%28Iran%2C_Iraq%2C_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_RegnumPersicum-ottens-1730.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="2845" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1730 (<a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Ottens" class="extiw" title="hr:Joshua Ottens">Ottens</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1730_Seutter_Map_of_Turkey_(Ottoman_Empire),_Persia_and_Arabia_-_Geographicus_-_MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1740 (Seutter), showing eyalets"><img alt="1740 (Seutter), showing eyalets" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/1730_Seutter_Map_of_Turkey_%28Ottoman_Empire%29%2C_Persia_and_Arabia_-_Geographicus_-_MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740.jpg/180px-1730_Seutter_Map_of_Turkey_%28Ottoman_Empire%29%2C_Persia_and_Arabia_-_Geographicus_-_MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/1730_Seutter_Map_of_Turkey_%28Ottoman_Empire%29%2C_Persia_and_Arabia_-_Geographicus_-_MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740.jpg/270px-1730_Seutter_Map_of_Turkey_%28Ottoman_Empire%29%2C_Persia_and_Arabia_-_Geographicus_-_MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/1730_Seutter_Map_of_Turkey_%28Ottoman_Empire%29%2C_Persia_and_Arabia_-_Geographicus_-_MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740.jpg/360px-1730_Seutter_Map_of_Turkey_%28Ottoman_Empire%29%2C_Persia_and_Arabia_-_Geographicus_-_MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="4339" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1740 (<a href="/wiki/Matth%C3%A4us_Seutter" title="Matthäus Seutter">Seutter</a>), showing eyalets</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1771_Bonne_Map_of_Turkey,_Syria_and_Iraq_-_Geographicus_-_Turkey-bone-1771.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1771 (Bonne)"><img alt="1771 (Bonne)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/1771_Bonne_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Syria_and_Iraq_-_Geographicus_-_Turkey-bone-1771.jpg/180px-1771_Bonne_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Syria_and_Iraq_-_Geographicus_-_Turkey-bone-1771.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/1771_Bonne_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Syria_and_Iraq_-_Geographicus_-_Turkey-bone-1771.jpg/270px-1771_Bonne_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Syria_and_Iraq_-_Geographicus_-_Turkey-bone-1771.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/1771_Bonne_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Syria_and_Iraq_-_Geographicus_-_Turkey-bone-1771.jpg/360px-1771_Bonne_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Syria_and_Iraq_-_Geographicus_-_Turkey-bone-1771.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2432" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1771 (<a href="/wiki/Rigobert_Bonne" title="Rigobert Bonne">Bonne</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anville,_Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon._Turkey_in_Asia._1794_(A).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1794 (d'Anville)"><img alt="1794 (d'Anville)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anville%2C_Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon._Turkey_in_Asia._1794_%28A%29.jpg/180px-Anville%2C_Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon._Turkey_in_Asia._1794_%28A%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anville%2C_Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon._Turkey_in_Asia._1794_%28A%29.jpg/270px-Anville%2C_Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon._Turkey_in_Asia._1794_%28A%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anville%2C_Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon._Turkey_in_Asia._1794_%28A%29.jpg/360px-Anville%2C_Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon._Turkey_in_Asia._1794_%28A%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4359" data-file-height="3211" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1794 (<a href="/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Bourguignon_d%27Anville" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville">d'Anville</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1801_Cary_Map_of_Turkey,_Iraq,_Armenia_and_Sryia_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-cary-1801.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1801 (Cary)"><img alt="1801 (Cary)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/1801_Cary_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_Armenia_and_Sryia_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-cary-1801.jpg/180px-1801_Cary_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_Armenia_and_Sryia_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-cary-1801.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/1801_Cary_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_Armenia_and_Sryia_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-cary-1801.jpg/270px-1801_Cary_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_Armenia_and_Sryia_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-cary-1801.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/1801_Cary_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_Armenia_and_Sryia_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-cary-1801.jpg/360px-1801_Cary_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_Armenia_and_Sryia_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-cary-1801.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3564" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1801 (<a href="/wiki/John_Cary" title="John Cary">Cary</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cedid_Atlas_(Middle_East)_1803.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1803, from Cedid Atlas"><img alt="1803, from Cedid Atlas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Cedid_Atlas_%28Middle_East%29_1803.jpg/180px-Cedid_Atlas_%28Middle_East%29_1803.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Cedid_Atlas_%28Middle_East%29_1803.jpg/270px-Cedid_Atlas_%28Middle_East%29_1803.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Cedid_Atlas_%28Middle_East%29_1803.jpg/360px-Cedid_Atlas_%28Middle_East%29_1803.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10840" data-file-height="8199" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1803, from <a href="/wiki/Cedid_Atlas" title="Cedid Atlas">Cedid Atlas</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pinkerton,_John._Turkey_in_Asia._1813.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1813 (Pinkerton), showing eyalets"><img alt="1813 (Pinkerton), showing eyalets" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Pinkerton%2C_John._Turkey_in_Asia._1813.jpg/180px-Pinkerton%2C_John._Turkey_in_Asia._1813.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Pinkerton%2C_John._Turkey_in_Asia._1813.jpg/270px-Pinkerton%2C_John._Turkey_in_Asia._1813.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Pinkerton%2C_John._Turkey_in_Asia._1813.jpg/360px-Pinkerton%2C_John._Turkey_in_Asia._1813.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6149" data-file-height="3697" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1813 (<a href="/wiki/John_Pinkerton" title="John Pinkerton">Pinkerton</a>), showing eyalets</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1827_Finley_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia,_Iraq_and_Israel_-_Palestine_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-finely-1827.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1827 (Finley)"><img alt="1827 (Finley)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/1827_Finley_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia%2C_Iraq_and_Israel_-_Palestine_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-finely-1827.jpg/180px-1827_Finley_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia%2C_Iraq_and_Israel_-_Palestine_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-finely-1827.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/1827_Finley_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia%2C_Iraq_and_Israel_-_Palestine_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-finely-1827.jpg/270px-1827_Finley_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia%2C_Iraq_and_Israel_-_Palestine_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-finely-1827.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/1827_Finley_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia%2C_Iraq_and_Israel_-_Palestine_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-finely-1827.jpg/360px-1827_Finley_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia%2C_Iraq_and_Israel_-_Palestine_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-finely-1827.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2353" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1827 (Finley)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1835_Bradford_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia_and_the_Caucases_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-bradford-1835.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1835, showing eyalets (Bradford)"><img alt="1835, showing eyalets (Bradford)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/1835_Bradford_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia_and_the_Caucases_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-bradford-1835.jpg/180px-1835_Bradford_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia_and_the_Caucases_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-bradford-1835.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/1835_Bradford_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia_and_the_Caucases_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-bradford-1835.jpg/270px-1835_Bradford_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia_and_the_Caucases_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-bradford-1835.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/1835_Bradford_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia_and_the_Caucases_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-bradford-1835.jpg/360px-1835_Bradford_Map_of_Turkey_in_Asia_and_the_Caucases_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-bradford-1835.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2359" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1835, showing eyalets (Bradford)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1849_Mitchell_Map_of_Turkey_(_Iraq,_Syria,_Palestine_)_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-m-1849.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1849 (Mitchell), showing eyalets"><img alt="1849 (Mitchell), showing eyalets" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/1849_Mitchell_Map_of_Turkey_%28_Iraq%2C_Syria%2C_Palestine_%29_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-m-1849.jpg/180px-1849_Mitchell_Map_of_Turkey_%28_Iraq%2C_Syria%2C_Palestine_%29_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-m-1849.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/1849_Mitchell_Map_of_Turkey_%28_Iraq%2C_Syria%2C_Palestine_%29_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-m-1849.jpg/270px-1849_Mitchell_Map_of_Turkey_%28_Iraq%2C_Syria%2C_Palestine_%29_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-m-1849.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/1849_Mitchell_Map_of_Turkey_%28_Iraq%2C_Syria%2C_Palestine_%29_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-m-1849.jpg/360px-1849_Mitchell_Map_of_Turkey_%28_Iraq%2C_Syria%2C_Palestine_%29_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyAsia-m-1849.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3276" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1849 (<a href="/wiki/Samuel_Augustus_Mitchell" title="Samuel Augustus Mitchell">Mitchell</a>), showing eyalets</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_maps,_showing_vilayets_(post_Tanzimat_reforms)"><span id="Contemporary_maps.2C_showing_vilayets_.28post_Tanzimat_reforms.29"></span>Contemporary maps, showing vilayets (post Tanzimat reforms)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ottoman_Iraq&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contemporary maps, showing vilayets (post Tanzimat reforms)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248256098"><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="title"><div>Maps of contemporary Ottoman Iraq showing vilayets (post Tanzimat reforms)</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1855_Colton_Map_of_Turkey,_Iraq,_and_Syria_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyIraq-colton-1855.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1855, showing sanjaks"><img alt="1855, showing sanjaks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/1855_Colton_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_and_Syria_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyIraq-colton-1855.jpg/180px-1855_Colton_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_and_Syria_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyIraq-colton-1855.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/1855_Colton_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_and_Syria_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyIraq-colton-1855.jpg/270px-1855_Colton_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_and_Syria_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyIraq-colton-1855.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/1855_Colton_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_and_Syria_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyIraq-colton-1855.jpg/360px-1855_Colton_Map_of_Turkey%2C_Iraq%2C_and_Syria_-_Geographicus_-_TurkeyIraq-colton-1855.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="3034" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1855, showing sanjaks</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1873_Stieler_Map_of_Asia_Minor,_Syria_and_Israel_-_Palestine_(modern_Turkey)_-_Geographicus_-_Klein-AsienSyrien-stieler-1873.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1873"><img alt="1873" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/1873_Stieler_Map_of_Asia_Minor%2C_Syria_and_Israel_-_Palestine_%28modern_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_Klein-AsienSyrien-stieler-1873.jpg/180px-1873_Stieler_Map_of_Asia_Minor%2C_Syria_and_Israel_-_Palestine_%28modern_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_Klein-AsienSyrien-stieler-1873.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/1873_Stieler_Map_of_Asia_Minor%2C_Syria_and_Israel_-_Palestine_%28modern_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_Klein-AsienSyrien-stieler-1873.jpg/270px-1873_Stieler_Map_of_Asia_Minor%2C_Syria_and_Israel_-_Palestine_%28modern_Turkey%29_-_Geographicus_-_Klein-AsienSyrien-stieler-1873.jpg 1.5x, 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