THE LATER PASBALIK OF YANNINA (YANYA)

The aim of the preseiıt study is twofold: First, to present a completesurvey .0fOttoman administrative divisions in Epiros during thenineteenth century, trace their gradual evolution through successivereform initiatives, and arrive at a. precise definition of their spatial, extent; second, to exploit this information.in evaluating and interpreting certain statistical data on the distribııtion and development ofEpirote populations. Although, there exists a mass of published andmanuscript data on these questions, its usage and interpretation hastended to proceed in arather superficial way, due to a lack of coneeptual clarity in handling geographical and administrative terminology,as well as theexclusive focussing of popuJationstudies on the so-cal1ed "ethnic" distributi()n ofOttoman populations, usua1İy inorder toprove political points. 
Anahtar Kelimeler:

LATER, PASBALIK, YANNINA