The Eyalet of Adrianople or Edirne or Çirmen
( ota, ایالت ادرنه; Eyālet-i Edirne)
was constituted from parts of the eyalets of
Silistra
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and
Rumelia
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in 1826.
It was one of the first Ottoman provinces to become a
vilayet
A vilayet ( ota, , "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement init ...
after an administrative reform in 1865, and by 1867 it had been reformed into the
Vilayet of Adrianople
The Vilayet of Adrianople or Vilayet of Edirne ( ota, ولايت ادرنه; ''Vilâyet-i Edirne'') was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
This vilayet was split between Turkey and Greece in 1923, culminating i ...
.
Administrative division
The eyalet comprised almost all of the historical geographical region of
Thrace
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, and comprised the following subdivisions (''
sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian language, Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησι ...
s'' or ''
livas''):
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Sanjak of Nevahi-i Erbaa (capital:
Çatalca
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It is in East Thrace, on the ridge between the Marmara and the Black Sea. Most people living in Çatalca are either farmers or ...
)
#
Sanjak of Tekfürtaği (Rodosto) or
Vize
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Sanjak of Gelibolu
The Sanjak of Gelibolu or Gallipoli ( Ottoman Turkish: ''Sancak-i/Liva-i Gelibolu'') was a second-level Ottoman province (''sanjak'' or '' liva'') encompassing the Gallipoli Peninsula and a portion of southern Thrace. Gelibolu was the first Ottom ...
(Gallipoli)
#
Sanjak of Edirne
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian language, Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησι ...
(Adrianople)
#
Sanjak of Filibe (mod. Plovdiv)
#
Sanjak of Islimiye (mod. Sliven) or Eski Zagra (
Stara Zagora
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Name
The name comes from the Slavic root ''star'' ("old") and the name of the medieva ...
)
The ''sanjaks'' were further subdivided into 50 ''
kaza
A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough')
* bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза
* el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also ()
* lad, kaza
, ...
s'' or prefectures.
References
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Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
Ottoman Greece
History of Western Thrace
History of Çanakkale Province
History of Edirne Province
History of Kırklareli Province
History of Tekirdağ Province
1826 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1867 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire