The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sanjak \San"jak\, n. [Turk. sanj[=a]g.] A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [Turkey]
Wiktionary
n. 1 An administrative region under the Ottoman Empire, a subdivision of a vilayet. (from 16th c.) 2 (context obsolete English) The governor of a sanjak; a sanjakbeg. (16th-19th c.)
Wikipedia
Sanjaks (, ) were administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Sanjak, and the variant spellings sandjak, sanjaq, and sinjaq, are English transliterations of the Turkish word sancak, meaning district, banner, or flag. Sanjaks were also called by the Arabic word for banner or flag, liwa.
Ottoman provinces ( eyalets, later vilayets) were divided into sanjaks (also called livas) governed by sanjakbeys (also called Mutesarriff) and were further subdivided into timars (fiefs held by timariots), kadiluks (the area of responsibility of a judge, or Kadı) and zeamets (also ziam; larger timars).
The contemporary name of the Balkan ( Serbia) region of Sandžak derives from its former status as the Ottoman Sanjak of Novi Pazar.
Usage examples of "sanjak".
Under their respective bashaws and sanjaks, the troops of Anatolia and Romania were successively led to the charge: their progress was various and doubtful.
Under their respective bashaws and sanjaks, the troops of Anatolia and Romania were successively led to the charge: their progress was various and doubtful.