| Sanjak of Preveza سنجاق پرهوزه Σαντζάκι Πρεβέζης | |||||||||
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| Sanjak of theOttoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1863–1915 | |||||||||
.jpg) 1907 Ottoman map of the Vilayet of Ioannina, with the Sanjak of Preveza in the bottom | |||||||||
| Capital | Preveza | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1863 | ||||||||
| 1912–1913 | |||||||||
• Establishment ofPreveza Prefecture | 1915 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Greece | ||||||||
TheSanjak of Preveza (Ottoman Turkish:سنجاق پرهوزه,Sancağı-i Preveze;Greek:Σαντζάκι Πρεβέζης,Santzáki Prevézis), also once known as theLiva of Preveza (لواء پرهوزه,Livâ-i Preveze;Λιβάς Πρεβέζης,Livás Prevézis), was asanjak of theOttoman Empire named for its capital atPreveza in southernEpirus, now part of northwesternGreece. The sanjak existed from its formation in 1863 until its conquest in theFirst Balkan War and reorganization in 1915 as thePreveza Prefecture of theKingdom of Greece.
Preveza and its surroundings had been part of theRepublic of Venice'sIonian Islands until the treaties ending theWar of the First Coalition ceded them to theFirst French Republic in 1797. TheFrench occupation was short lived.Ali Pasha ofIoannina conquered the town in 1798 and made it part of hisde facto independentPashalik of Yanina until his fall in 1822.
Preveza was akaza of theSanjak andEyalet of Ioannina until 1863, when the provincial yearbook (salname) recorded it as a separate sanjak within the province. The next year in 1864 the sanjak was transferred to the newEyalet of Tirhala but a short time later in 1867 theVilayet Law promulgated as part of the continuingTanzimat reforms merged Tirhala into the newVilayet of Ioannina. During this reorganization, the formerSanjak of Narda around present-dayArta was added to Preveza Sanjak.
Following theGreat Eastern Crisis in the 1870s, the Ottoman Empire conceded to the1881 Convention of Constantinople to avoid continued revolts and war with Greece and possibly others. The sanjak's Kaza of Arta was ceded to Greece but the kazas ofLouros and Preveza itself remained part of the empire.[1]
During theFirst Balkan War of 1912–1913, the sanjak was occupied by theGreek Army[1] but the newGovernorate of Epirus kept the Ottoman administration and officials in place untilPreveza Prefecture was established by the Royal Decree of3/16 March 1915. The Ottoman kazas were renamed subgovernates (υποδιοικήσεις,ypodioikíseis) and overseen by governate commissioners (διοικητικοί επίτροποι,dioikitikoí epítropoi) nominated by thegovernor-general ofEpirus inIoannina. The Kaza ofMargariti was merged with Preveza in the process.[2]
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