Principal meridian is Paris. Map shows administrative boundaries (vilayet, sandjaks, cazas); villages, monasteries, two classes of roads; salt mines, forests, and woodlands. Vilayet de Bitlis was a first level administrative division vilayet [province] of the Ottoman Empire. Covers four sandjaks [departments]: 1. Bitlis-- 2. Mouch-- 3. Séert-- 4. Guendj. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume.