Nahiye (Ottoman)

The nahiye or nahia or nahiyah was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire, smaller than a kaza. The head was a "mütesellim" (governor) who was appointed by the Pasha.
The kaza was a subdivision of a sanjak and corresponded roughly to a city with its surrounding villages. Kazas, in turn, were divided into nahiyes (governed by "müdürs") and villages ("karye", governed by "muhtars"). Revisions of 1871 to the administrative law established the nahiye (still governed a "müdür") as an intermediate level between the kaza and the village.
Legacy.
It was adopted by the Principality of Serbia (1817–1833) and Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910), as "nahija" ().