Definitions
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- noun An administrative authority of an
Ottoman sanjak .
Etymologies
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Turkish mutasarrıf, from Arabic متصرف (mutaSarrif).
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In the administration of the sanjak the mutasarrif is assisted by a council called majlis ida ra; the city has a municipal government (majlis baladiye) presided over by a mayor.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Jerusalem (El Quds) is the capital of a sanjak and the seat of a mutasarrif directly dependent on the Sublime Porte.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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