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.
| Eyalet-i Vidin | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1846–1864 | |||||||||
 The Vidin Eyalet in the 1850s | |||||||||
| Capital | Vidin[1] | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 43°59′N 22°52′E / 43.983°N 22.867°E | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1846 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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Administrative divisions
editSanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:[3]
- Sanjak of Tirnova
- Sanjak of Vidin
- Sanjak of Lom
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The New American cyclopaedia: a popular dictionary of general ..., Volume 16, p. 413, at Google Books
- ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ The three eras of Ottoman history, a political essay on the late reforms of ..., p. 75, at Google Books By James Henry Skene