| Sanjak of Delvina | |||||||||||
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| Sanjak of Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||
| 16th century–1913 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Delvinë, Ergiri | ||||||||||
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• Established | 16th century | ||||||||||
| 3 March | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | Albania Greece | ||||||||||
The Sanjak of Delvina (Turkish: Delvine Sancağı, Albanian: Sanxhaku i Delvinës) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire which county town was Delvinë but during the 18th century became Gjirokastër, Albania. It was created in the mid-16th century,[1] came under the control of the Pashalik of Yanina during 1785−1822, and was disestablished after the Balkan Wars in 1913. It was divided between Albania Albania and Greece in 1913.
- ^ Delvina, Sherif (2006). Low Albania (Epirus) and Cham issue. Eurorilindja.
Afterwards, when the sandjak of Delvina has been created (about the middle of XVI century),