Sanjak of Vidin

Sanjak of Vidin
Видински санджак
Видински санџак
Sancağı Vidin
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1396–1878
Coat of arms of Vidin Sanjak
Coat of arms
CapitalVidin
History 
1396
• Disestablished
1878
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tsardom of Vidin
Serbian Despotate
Principality of Bulgaria
Principality of Serbia
Today part ofBulgaria, Serbia

The Sanjak of Vidin or the Vidin Sanjak (Bulgarian: Видински санджак, Serbian: Видински санџак, Turkish: Vidin Sancağı) was a sanjak in the Ottoman Empire, with Vidin as its administrative centre. It was established after the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396 out of the territories of the Tsardom of Vidin[2] and in the mid-15th century annexed some territories that belonged to the Serbian Despotate before the Ottomans captured it.

Baba Vida fortress
  1. ^ Tolan, John Victor; Veinstein, Gilles; Laurens, Henry (2013). Europe and the Islamic World: A History. Princeton University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-691-14705-5.
  2. ^ Gliša Elezović (1974). Turski spomenice. p. 174. Retrieved 5 September 2013. Vidinski Sandžak (Livâ-i Vidin...) obrazovao se u granicama nekadašnjeg Vidinskog Carstva i vidinske mitropolije.