Abstract
Within the frame of the late Ottoman Empire the historical region of Macedonia was divided into three vilayets. The Ottomans were represented by “the two pillars” of the regime: the administration and the army. This paper presents the link between Muslims and Ottomans within the turbulent Macedonian context of the rise of nationalism. In the three vilayets, the central power took the form of a pyramidal organization topped by a local governor (vali). The paper studies the administration with an emphasis on portraits of several valis and their links with the central authority under Sultan Abdulhamit II's rule. It also discusses the relationships between the non-Muslim population and symbolic representations of the Ottoman order such as the local police and the judiciary. Further, the urban landscape as a reflection of the tanzimat spirit is also analyzed. Military power is presented via a comparative study of the three garrisons in Selanik, Manastir and Üsküb, which emphasizes the everyday life of the soldiers and the implementation of the reforms imposed by the Great Powers following the Mürzsteg Agreement of 1903.
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