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. |