Sanjak of Salonica

Sanjak of Selonica سنجاق⁩ سلانیك Σαντζάκι Θεσσαλονίκης
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1430–1912
A map of Salonica Sanjak within the Salonica Vilayet (c. 1900)
Capital	Thessalonica (Selanik)
History
• Ottoman conquest	1430
• Greek capture	1912
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of Venice Thessaloniki Vardar Macedonia
Today part of	Greece North Macedonia

The Sanjak of Salonica, Selanik (Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق⁩ سلانیك, Sancağı-i Selânik), or Thessalonica (Greek: Σαντζάκι Θεσσαλονίκης, Santzáki Thessaloníkis) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire. It was named for its capital Salonica, also known by its Turkish name Selanik and its latinized Greek name Thessalonica. It was also known under the Ottomans as the Liva of Salonica &c. (لواء سلانیك, Livâ-i Selânik; Λιβάς Θεσσαλονίκης, Libás Thessaloníkis). The sanjak existed from its formation in 1430 as part of the Rumeli Eyalet until its conquest in the First Balkan War in 1912 and its reorganization in 1915 as the Thessalonica Prefecture of the Kingdom of Greece. It served as the pasha sanjak of the Eyalet of Salonica from 1846–1867 and of the Vilayet of Salonica from 1867–1912.