Karli-Eli

Sanjak of Karli-Eli
Liva-i Karli-Eli
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
c. 1480–1821

Map of Central Greece in the early 19th century, showing the sanjak of Karli-Eli ("Karlali") in the lower left corner
CapitalAngelokastron, Vrachori
History 
• Established
c. 1480
1821
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Tocco family
Venetian Ionian Islands
Senate of Western Continental Greece
Today part ofGreece

Karli-Eli (Greek: Κάρλελι, Karleli; Turkish: Karlıeli), also Karli-Ili or Karlo-Ili,[1] was the Ottoman name for the region of Aetolia-Acarnania in Western Greece, which formed a distinct administrative unit (sanjak or liva) from the late 15th century until the Greek War of Independence.

The name, meaning "Land of Charles", derived from the region's last important Christian rulers, Carlo I Tocco (r. 1386–1430), or his nephew and successor, Carlo II Tocco (r. 1430–1448).[2][3][4]

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  3. ^ Birken, Andreas [in German] (1976). Die Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches [The Provinces of the Ottoman Empire]. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, 13 (in German). Reichert. p. 55. ISBN 3-920153-56-1.
  4. ^ Carlo II, according to the review by F. H. M. of Εἰς μνήμην Σπυρίδωνος Λάμπρου, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 55, Part 2 (1935), pp. 271-275, The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, JSTOR