Province
This article is about political regions. See geologic province for geological meanings.
Historical provinces
Ancient and medieval/feudal provinces
- pharaonic : see nome (Egypt)
- in Achaemenid Persia (and probably before in Media), again after conquest and further extension by Alexander the Great, and in various (mainly the larger) hellenistic successor states : see satrapy
- Provinces of the Roman empire
- in (later) Byzantium : see exarchate, theme
- the gau (a county) in the Frankish (Carolingian) 're-founded' Holy Roman Empire
- the emirate? in the (Arab-ruled) caliphate and subsequent sultanates
- the subah in the Indian mughal empire
- The former provinces of the Ottoman Empire
- The former Province of Canada (1840-1867)
- The former provinces of France
- The former provinces of Ireland
- The former provinces of Japan
- The former Province of South Australia (now an Australian state)
- The former provinces of Sweden
- The former Republic of the Seven United Provinces (The Netherlands)
- The former United Provinces of Central America
In the Habsburg territories, the traditional provinces are partly expressed in the Länder of 19th-century Austria-Hungary.
Related Topics:
Habsburg - Austria-Hungary
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The Ottoman Empire's provinces had various types of governors (gnerally a pasha), but mostly styled vali, hence the predominant term vilayet, generally subdivided (often in beyliks), sometimes grouped under a governor-general (styled beglerbeg).
Related Topics:
Ottoman Empire - Pasha - Vali - Vilayet - Beglerbeg
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