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Vidin Eyalet

Vidin Eyalet

Administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1846 to 1864

The Eyalet of Vidin (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت ویدین; Eyālet-i Vīdīn)[2] was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire located in the territory of present-day north-western Bulgaria. It was formed in 1846 and its administrative centre was Vidin. It was incorporated into Danube Province in 1864 and its sanjaks were reduced to townships except Vidin.

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Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:[3]

  1. Sanjak of Tirnova
  2. Sanjak of Vidin
  3. Sanjak of Lom

See also

References

  1. [1]
    The New American cyclopaedia: a popular dictionary of general ..., Volume 16, p. 413, at Google Books
  2. [2]
    "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. [3]
    The three eras of Ottoman history, a political essay on the late reforms of ..., p. 75, at Google Books By James Henry Skene
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