Mutasarrif

Mutasarrif or mutesarrif (Ottoman Turkish: متصرّف, romanized: mutasarrıf, lit.'plenipotentiary') was a title used in the Ottoman Empire and places like post-Ottoman Iraq for the governor of an administrative district in place of the usual sanjakbey. The Ottoman rank of mutasarrif was established as part of an 1864 reform, and its holder was appointed directly by the Sultan.

The administrative district under his authority, the mutasarrifate (Turkish: mutasarrıflık), was officially called a sanjak (سنجاق) in Turkish or liwa (لواء) in Arabic and Persian. A mutasarrif was subordinate to a wali or governor-general of a province, while being of superior rank to a kaymakam.