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Rumelia
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Image:Rumelia map.jpg right|thumb|250px|Map of Rumelia as of 1801
'''Rumelia''' (or Roumelia) (in
Turkish language Turkish ''Rumeli'', the East Roman or
Byzantine Empire), a name commonly used, from the
15th century onwards, to denote the part of the
Balkan Peninsula subject to the
Ottoman Empire. However the word "Rumeli" literally translates as "the land of Romans" in reference to Eastern Roman Empire, and hence during the 11th and 12th century it was widely used for
Anatolia as it had been recently conquered from the Byzantines.
More precisely it was the country bounded north by
Bulgaria, west by
Albania and south by the
Morea, or in other words the ancient provinces, including
Constantinople and
Thessaloniki, of
Thrace and
Macedonia (region) Macedonia. The name was ultimately applied more especially to a province composed of central Albania and western Macedonia, having
Bitola Monastir for its chief town. Owing to administrative changes effected between
1870 and
1875, the name ceased to correspond with any political division.
Eastern Rumelia was constituted an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire by the
Treaty of Berlin, 1878, but on
September 6,
1885, after a bloodless revolution, it was
Unification of Bulgaria united with
Bulgaria.
Today the word "Rumeli" is sometimes used to indicate the part of Turkey which is in Europe (provinces of
Edirne Province Edirne,
Kirklareli Province Kirklareli,
Tekirdag Province Tekirdag and the western part of
Istanbul Province). However, "Rumeli" is almost always used in historical contexts, the modern Turkish name for the region being ''Trakya'' (Thrace).
Administration
*The first ''
beylerbey'' of Rumelia was
Lala Shahin Pasha (Lala Şâhin Paşa,
Sahin Pasha,
Shahin Pasha), the tutor (lala) of
Murad I. He had his seat in
Plovdiv Philippopolis since 1362.
*In 1382 the capital of Rumelia was moved to
Sofia.
*
Shehabeddin Pasha (
Sa'd ed-din Pasha) (1436)
*
Jegen Pasha (17th century)
*
Ali Pasha (1741-1822)
*
Georgantzoglu Pasha (1905)
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