Salonica Eyalet

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Eyalet-i Selanik
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1826–1867
Flag of Salonika Eyalet
Flag
Salonica Eyalet, Ottoman Balkans 1850s.png
The Salonica Eyalet in the 1850s
CapitalSalonica[1]
Area
 • Coordinates40°39′N 22°54′E / 40.650°N 22.900°E / 40.650; 22.900Coordinates: 40°39′N 22°54′E / 40.650°N 22.900°E / 40.650; 22.900
History
History 
• Established
1826
• Transformation into vilayet
1867
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Rumelia Eyalet
Salonica Vilayet

Salonica Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت سلانیك; Eyālet-i Selānīk)[2] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

Administrative divisions[]

Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:[3]

  1. Sanjak of Tirhala (Trikala)
  2. Sanjak of Selanik (Thessalonica)
  3. Sanjak of Siroz (Serres)
  4. Sanjak of Drama

Governors[]

Governors of the eyalet:[4]

  • Mehmed Hasib Pasha (September 1839 - February 1840)
  • Mehmed Emin Pasha (February 1840 - July 1840)
  • (July 1840 - July 1843)
  • (July 1843 - October 1843)
  • (October 1843 - September 1845)
  • (September 1845 - April 1846)
  • (April 1846 - May 1847)
  • (May 1847 - September 1848)
  • (September 1848 - August 1849)
  • (August 1849 - July 1850)
  • (July 1850 - November 1851)
  • (November 1851 - May 1853)
  • (May 1853 - July 1853)
  • (August 1853 - February 1854)
  • (February 1854 - July 1854)
  • (July 1854 - September 1855)
  • (September 1855 - May 1856)
  • (May 1856 - May 1857)
  • Abdi Pasha (1857)
  • (October 1857 - September 1858)
  • (November 1858 - August 1859)
  • (August 1859 - January 1860)
  • Arnavud Mehmet Akif Pasha (1st time) (January 1860 - January 1865)
  • (January 1865 - December 1866)
  • (1867)

References[]

  1. ^ The English Cyclopaedia: Geography By Charles Knight
  2. ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ^ The three eras of Ottoman history, a political essay on the late reforms of ..., p. 75, at Google Books By James Henry Skene
  4. ^ World Statesmen — Greece


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