The Sanjak of Serfiğe ( el, Σαντζάκι/Υποδιοίκησις Σερβίων) was a second-level
Ottoman province (''
sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησις (''dioikēsis'', meaning "province" ...
'' or ''
liva'') centred on the town of Serfiğe (
Servia) in
western Macedonia
Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional uni ...
, now part of
Greece
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.
The ''sanjak'' was founded in 1881, after the Greek annexation of
Thessaly
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(the ''sanjak'' of
Tirhala), initially as an independent province, and after 1889 as part of
Manastir Vilayet. In 1912, the province encompassed six ''
kaza
A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough')
* bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза
* el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also ()
* lad, kaza
, ...
s'' (districts): ''Nasliç'' (
Voio
Voio ( el, Βόιο, ''Vóio''; grc, Βόιον - ''Boeon'') is a mountain range in the southwestern Kastoria and western Kozani regional units in Greece. The mountain is part of the Pindus mountains. Its highest elevation is 1,805 m. It is a d ...
), Serfiğe itself, Kozana (
Kozani
Kozani ( el, Κοζάνη, ) is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley. The city lies above sea ...
), Kayalar (
Ptolemaida
Ptolemaida ( el, Πτολεμαΐδα, Ptolemaïda, Katharevousa: Πτολεμαΐς, ''Ptolemaïs'') is a town and a former municipality in Kozani regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of th ...
), Nasliğ (
Neapoli, Kozani
Neapoli ( el, Νεάπολη) is a town and a former municipality in Kozani regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Voio, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has ...
), Grebene (
Grevena
Grevena ( el, Γρεβενά, ''Grevená'', , rup, Grebini) is a town and municipality in Western Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the Grevena regional unit. The town's current population is 13,374 citizens (2011). It lies about from Ath ...
) and Alasonya (
Elassona
Elassona ( el, Ελασσόνα; Katharevousa: gr, Ἐλασσών, Elasson) is a town and a municipality in the Larissa regional unit in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called Oloosson (Ὀλοοσσών) and was a town of the Perrhaebi ...
).
The ''sanjak'' was conquered by the Greek Army in October 1912, during the First Balkan War.
References
Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire
Sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
States and territories established in 1881
States and territories disestablished in 1912
1881 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1912 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire
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