The Eyalet of Adrianople or Edirne or Çirmen () was constituted from parts of the eyalets of

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and

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in 1826. It was one of the first Ottoman provinces to become a

vilayet A vilayet (, "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement initiated b ...

after an administrative reform in 1865, and by 1867 it had been reformed into the Vilayet of Adrianople.

Administrative division

The eyalet comprised almost all of the historical geographical region of

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, and comprised the following subdivisions (''

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s'' or '' livas''): By James Henry Skene # Sanjak of Nevahi-i Erbaa (capital:

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) # Sanjak of Tekfürtaği (Rodosto) or Vize #

Sanjak of Gelibolu The Sanjak of Gelibolu or Gallipoli (Ottoman Turkish: ''Sancak-i/Liva-i Gelibolu'') was a second-level Ottoman province (''sanjak'' or '' liva'') encompassing the Gallipoli Peninsula and a portion of southern Thrace. Gelibolu was the first Ottoma ...

(Gallipoli) # Sanjak of Edirne (Adrianople) # Sanjak of Filibe (mod. Plovdiv) # Sanjak of Islimiye (mod. Sliven) or Eski Zagra (

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) The ''sanjaks'' were further subdivided into 50 ''

kaza A kaza (, "judgment" or "jurisdiction") was an administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. It is also discussed in English under the names district, subdistrict, and juridical district. Kazas co ...

s'' or prefectures.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adrianople, Eyalet of Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe Ottoman Greece History of Western Thrace History of Çanakkale Province History of Edirne Province History of Kırklareli Province History of Tekirdağ Province 1826 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1867 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire