Sanjak of Preveza

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Sanjak of Preveza
سنجاق پره‌وزه
Σαντζάκι Πρεβέζης
Preveza Prefecture
1915
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sanjak of Ioannina
Preveza Prefecture
Today part ofGreece

The Sanjak of Preveza (

Preveza Prefecture of the Kingdom of Greece
.

History

Preveza and its surroundings had been part of the

First French Republic in 1797. The French occupation was short lived. Ali Pasha of Ioannina conquered the town in 1798 and made it part of his de facto independent Pashalik of Yanina
until his fall in 1822.

Preveza was a

Vilayet of Ioannina. During this reorganization, the former Sanjak of Narda around present-day Arta
was added to Preveza Sanjak.

Following the

Louros and Preveza itself remained part of the empire.[1]

During the

Epirus in Ioannina. The Kaza of Margariti was merged with Preveza in the process.[2]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Birken (1976), p. 74.
  2. ^ Nikolaidou (1987), pp. 517–518, 523.

Sources

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  • Nikolaidou, Eleftheria I. (1987). "Η οργάνωση του κράτους στην απελευθερωμένη Ήπειρο (1913-1914)" [State organization in liberated Epirus (1913-1914)]. Dodoni (in Greek). 16 (1). Ioannina: History and Archaeology Department of the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Ioannina: 496–610.