Sanjak of Eğriboz
| Sanjak of Eğriboz | |||||||||||||
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Chalkis (Eğriboz or Negroponte) | |||||||||||||
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• Established | 1471 | ||||||||||||
| 1821/1833 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Greece | ||||||||||||
The Sanjak of Eğriboz or Ağriboz (
The sanjak was formed in 1471, after the Ottoman conquest of the
According to the 17th-century geographer
Like all other provinces of southern Greece, from 1533 the sanjak was subordinated to the Eyalet of the Archipelago, under the chief admiral of the Ottoman Navy, the Kapudan Pasha.[3]
Most of the sanjak rose up in revolt during the early period of the Greek War of Independence, and the Greek rebels established a regional administration known as the Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece. Control of the region shifted between Greeks and Turks during the war, but Thebes remained in Ottoman hands and Euboea was held by the capable Omer Pasha of Kizil Hissar. The last Ottoman strongholds were surrendered to Greek control only in 1832–1833, after the Ottoman government recognized Greek independence.
See also
References
- ^ Rumeli und Bosna, geographisch beschrieben, von Mustafa ben Abdalla Hadschi Chalfa. Aus dem Türkischen übersetzt von J. v. Hammer (in German). Vienna: Verlag des Kunst- und Industrie-Comptors. 1812. pp. 105–111.
- ^ "Reisen ins Osmanische Reich". Jahrbücher der Literatur (in German). 49–50. Vienna: C. Gerold: 22. 1830.
- ^ ISBN 3-920153-56-1.
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