The Sanjak of Novi Pazar was reorganized.
Ottoman provinces (eyalets, later vilayets) were divided into sanjaks (also called livas) governed by sanjakbeys (also called Mutesarriff) and were further subdivided into timars (fiefs held by timariots), kadiluks (the area of responsibility of a judge, or Kad) and zeamets (also ziam; larger timars)
 These eyalets were, however, exceptional: the typical pattern was the eyalet subdivided into sanjaks

