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Sidon Eyalet
Administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1660 to 1864 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eyalet of Sidon (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت صیدا, romanized: Eyālet-i Ṣaydā; Arabic: إيالة صيدا) was an eyalet (also known as a beylerbeylik) of the Ottoman Empire. In the 19th century, the eyalet extended from the border with Egypt to the Bay of Kisrawan, including parts of modern Israel and Lebanon.
Quick Facts Arabic: إيالة صيدا Ottoman Turkish: ایالت صیدا, Capital ...
Arabic: إيالة صيدا Ottoman Turkish: ایالت صیدا | |||||||||||
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Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||
1660–1864 | |||||||||||
![]() The Sidon Eyalet in 1795 | |||||||||||
Capital | Safed (1660) Sidon (1660–1775) Acre (1775–1841)[1] Beirut (1841–1864) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1660 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Lebanon Israel |
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Depending on the location of its capital, it was also known as the Eyalet of Safad, Beirut or Acre.[2]