| Sancak-i Gümülcine | |||||||||||||
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| Sanjak of theOttoman Empire | |||||||||||||
| 1878–1912 | |||||||||||||
.jpg) 1907 Ottoman map of the Adrianople Vilayet, with the Sanjak of Gümülcine as the vilayet's westernmost province | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Gümülcine | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1878 | ||||||||||||
| 1912 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Bulgaria Greece | ||||||||||||
TheSanjak of Gümülcine (Ottoman Turkish:Sancak-i Gümülcine,Greek:Υποδιοίκησις Γκιουμουλτζίνας,Bulgarian:Гюмюрджински санджак) was a second-level province (sanjak) of theOttoman Empire inThrace, forming part of theAdrianople Vilayet. Its capital was Gümülcine, modernKomotini inGreece.[1]
Thesanjak of Gümülcine was created in 1878 out of the territory of thesanjaks ofGallipoli andFilibe (Plovdiv) from theAdrianople Vilayet, as well as parts of thesanjak ofDrama of theSalonica Vilayet.[1]
It comprised six sub-provinces orkazas, which were further subdivided intonahiyes:[1]
Thesanjak survived until it was occupied byBulgarian troops in theFirst Balkan War (1912–1913), after which it came under Bulgarian control. In 1919, afterWorld War I, the southern portions came underAllied administration with theTreaty of Neuilly, and in 1920 they came under Greek control, forming theprefectures ofXanthi andRhodope.[1]
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