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What is a sanjak?

What is a sanjak? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An administrative region under the Ottoman Empire, a subdivision of a vilayet. [from 16th c.]
  2. (obsolete) The governor of a sanjak; a sanjakbeg. [16th-19th c.]
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In 2004, Bashar Assad's regime recognized Turkish sovereignty over the Sanjak of Alexandretta, or province of Hatay.
He was a comitaj once, in the old days when Turkey owned Macedonia and the sanjak.
In 1884 it was raised in administrative rank from a Kaza to a sanjak, and the governor became a Mutessarif.
When she came back, she knew the sanjak of Novi Bazar like her pocket.
Can you, will you, tell me what is the sanjak of Novi Bazar?
Also recall that the special district of Kudus is sometimes listed as a sanjak or as a province.

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