Eyalet of Adrianople

The Eyalet of Adrianople or Edirne^[2] or Çirmen^[3] (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت ادرنه; Eyālet-i Edirne)^[4] was constituted from parts of the eyalets of Silistra and Rumelia in 1826.

Eyālet-i Edirne Еялет Адрианопол Εγιαλέτ της Αδριανούπολης
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1826–1867
The Adrianople Eyalet in the 1850s
Capital	Edirne
Area
• Coordinates	41°40′N 26°34′E
Population
• 1844	1,200,000[1]
History
• Established	1826
• Disestablished	1867
Preceded by Succeeded by Rumelia Eyalet Silistra Eyalet Adrianople Vilayet
Today part of	Turkey  Greece  Bulgaria

It was one of the first Ottoman provinces to become a vilayet after an administrative reform in 1865, and by 1867 it had been reformed into the Vilayet of Adrianople.^[5]

Administrative division

The eyalet comprised almost all of the historical geographical region of Thrace, and comprised the following subdivisions (sanjaks or livas):^[3][6]

1. Sanjak of Nevahi-i Erbaa (capital: Çatalca)
2. Sanjak of Tekfürtaği (Rodosto) or Vize
3. Sanjak of Gelibolu (Gallipoli)
4. Sanjak of Edirne (Adrianople)
5. Sanjak of Filibe (mod. Plovdiv)
6. Sanjak of Islimiye (mod. Sliven) or Eski Zagra (Stara Zagora)

The sanjaks were further subdivided into 50 kazas or prefectures.^[3]

References

1. Michael R. Palairet (2003-11-13). The Balkan Economies C.1800-1914: Evolution Without Development. Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-521-52256-4. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
2. The English Cyclopaedia: Geography By Charles Knight
3. Konortas, Paraskevas. Αδριανουπόλεως Βιλαέτιον προ του 1864. Θρακικός Ηλεκτρονικός Θησαυρός (in Greek). Retrieved 2 March 2013.
4. "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
5. Almanach de Gotha: annuaire généalogique, diplomatique et statistique. J. Perthes. 1867. pp. 827–829. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
6. The three eras of Ottoman history, a political essay on the late reforms of ..., p. 75, at Google Books By James Henry Skene