Vidin Eyalet
| Eyalet-i Vidin | |||||||||
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| Eyaletofthe Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1846–1864 | |||||||||
 The Vidin Eyalet in the 1850s | |||||||||
| Capital | Vidin[1] | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 43°59′N22°52′E/ 43.983°N 22.867°E | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1846 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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TheEyalet of Vidin(Ottoman Turkish:ایالت ویدین; Eyālet-i Vīdīn)[2]was an administrative territorial entity of theOttoman Empirelocated in the territory of present-day north-westernBulgaria.It was formed in 1846 and its administrative centre wasVidin.It was incorporated intoDanube Provincein 1864 and its sanjaks were reduced to townships except Vidin.
Administrative divisions
[edit]Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:[3]
- Sanjak ofTirnova
- Sanjak of Vidin
- Sanjak ofLom
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^The New American cyclopaedia: a popular dictionary of general..., Volume 16,p. 413, atGoogle Books
- ^"Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire".Geonames.de.Retrieved25 February2013.
- ^The three eras of Ottoman history, a political essay on the late reforms of...,p. 75, atGoogle BooksBy James Henry Skene