Sanjak of Drama
| Sanjak of Drama Ottoman Turkish: Liva-i Drama | |||||||
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| Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||
| ca. 1846–1867 1869–1872 1873–1912 | |||||||
.svg) Sanjak of Drama highlighted within the Selanik vilayet | |||||||
| Capital | Drama | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | ca. 1846 | ||||||
| 1912 | |||||||
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| Today part of | Greece | ||||||
The Sanjak of Drama (
Ottoman Turkish: Sancak-i/Liva-i Drama; Greek: λιβάς/σαντζάκι Δράμας) was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) encompassing the region around the town of Drama (now in Greece) in eastern Macedonia
.
The sanjak was formed as part of the
Salonica Vilayet. In 1867–69, the Sanjak of Drama was merged back into the Sanjak of Siroz, was re-established and then temporarily abolished in 1872–73. In 1891, its territories east of the Nestos river became part of the Sanjak of Adrianople
.
In 1912, the sanjak comprised six sub-provinces (Eleftheroupolis). The province was dissolved when occupied by Bulgarian troops in the First Balkan War, and in 1913, after the Second Balkan War, it became part of Greece
Sources
- ISBN 3-920153-56-1.
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