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The maps at the end of this preface aim to show all the places mentioned in the book. In the text, I have sometimes called the main administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire by their official name, eyalet (vilayet from the 1860s), and sometimes instead used “pashalik,” which the British preferred, or simply “province.” I have followed the universal British practice of referring to the provincial Ottoman governors as “pashas.” Eyalets were divided into districts called sancaks, which were administered by pashas of lesser rank.
This book covers the years from 1798 to 1854. Provincial and district boundaries were altered at several points during this period, and contemporary maps are not consistent in depicting them. The maps do not show these boundaries, except in the case of two of the Syrian eyalets (for the 1840s).