Rumelia
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Rumelia
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(historical) A former region comprising the territories of the Ottoman Empire in Europe.
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The word was used by the Ottomans in Rumelia in its general meaning of mountain, as in Kodja-Balkan, Čatal-Balkan, and Ungurus-Balkani, but especially it was applied to the Haemus mountain.
Murad I administratively divided his sultanate into the two provinces of Anatolia ( Asia Minor ) and Rumelia (the Balkans).