The Sancak of Bayezid in the mid-nineteenth century according to the account of Seyahatnâme-i Hudud by Mehmed Hurshid
Mehmed Hurşid Paşa’nın Seyahatnâme-i Hudud Adlı Eserine Göre XIX. Yüzyıl Ortalarında Bâyezid Sancağı

The boundary prablems between the Ottomans and Iranians were solved to a great extent by the agreement of 1746. Howewer, nomedic tribes of both sides had continiusly transgressed the border. Two more agreements, one in 1823 and another in 1847, were made between the states in order to regulate this issue. Therefore a commision of delimitation was sent to the area to carry out decisions of the agreement. A certain Mehmed Hurshid had joined the commission which was headed by Dervish Pasha. Mehmed Hurshid wrote the results of the survey of the commision under the title of “Seyahatnâme-i Hudud”. In this work he described the definitions of places from the Persian Gulf to Bayezid in Eastern Anatolia, and demografic structure as well as the places were nomedic tribes travelled seasonally. This article exemines the Sanjak of Bayezid during the mid-nineteenth century based on Mehmed Hurshid’s work.