The Sanjak of Nakşa Berre or Naxos (

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...

: ''Sancak-i/Liva-i Nakşa Berre''; el, λιβᾶς/σαντζάκι Νάξου) was a second-level Ottoman province (''

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� ...

'' or '' liva'') encompassing the central and southern Cyclades islands, and named after the two largest islands of Naxos ( tr, Nakşa) and Paros (Tr. ''Berre''). The ''sanjak'' encompassed the territory of the former

Duchy of Naxos The Duchy of the Archipelago ( el, Δουκάτο του Αρχιπελάγους, it, Ducato dell'arcipelago), also known as Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean, was a maritime state created by Venetian interests in the Cyclades archipelago ...

, which had been tributary to the Ottomans since 1537, but was not formally incorporated into the Empire until after 1579, when the last Duke, Joseph Nasi, died. The ''sanjak'' formed part of the Eyalet of the Archipelago at least by 1600, but is no longer attested after the late 18th century. Aside from the ''

sanjakbey ''Sanjak-bey'', ''sanjaq-bey'' or ''-beg'' ( ota, سنجاق بك) () was the title given in the Ottoman Empire to a bey (a high-ranking officer, but usually not a pasha) appointed to the military and administrative command of a district (''sanjak' ...

'' at Naxos, two other beys, at Milos and

Santorini Santorini ( el, Σαντορίνη, ), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα ) and classical Greek Thera (English pronunciation ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the ...

, are recorded in 1629. With the outbreak of the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...

in 1821, the islands came under Greek control.

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* * * History of the Cyclades Naksa Naksa States and territories established in 1579 States and territories disestablished in 1821 History of Naxos 1579 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1821 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire {{Greece-hist-stub