| Sanjak of Ioannina | |||||||||||
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| Sanjak of theOttoman Empire | |||||||||||
| 1430–1913 | |||||||||||
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Sanjak of Ioannina, Ottoman Balkans (late 19th century) | |||||||||||
| Capital | Ioannina | ||||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 39°40′N20°51′E / 39.66°N 20.85°E /39.66; 20.85 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Ottoman capture ofIoannina | 1430 | ||||||||||
| 1913 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | Albania Greece | ||||||||||
TheSanjak of Ioannina (variously also Janina or Yanina,Ottoman Turkish:Sanjak-i Yanya) was asanjak (second-level province) of theOttoman Empire whose capital wasIoannina inEpirus.
The Sanjak of Ioannina consisted of the followingkazas: the central kaza of Ioannina, Aydonat (modern-dayParamythia in Greece), Filat (modern-dayFiliates in Greece), Megva (modern-dayMetsovo), Leshovik (modern-dayLeskovik inAlbania), Konice (modern-dayKonitsa), Pogon (modern-day Pogon/Pogoni on the present Greek-Albanian border), and Permedi (modern-dayPërmet in Albania).[1][2]

From 1430 to 1670 the sanjak of Janina was part ofRumelia Eyalet.[3] From 1670 to 1787 the Sanjak of Ioannina was part of theIoannina Eyalet.[citation needed] In 1788Ali Pasha gained control of Ioannina and merged it withSanjak of Trikala into thePashalik of Yanina.[4] Ali Pasha was killed in 1822. In 1834 Mahmood Hamdi pasha was appointed to govern theSanjak of Delvina, Ioannina andAvlona.[5] In 1867 the Sanjak of Ioannina was merged withBerat,Gjirokastër,Preveza andKastoria into theVilayet of Ioannina. Kesriye was later demoted to kaza and bounded toMonastir Vilayet.
During the reign ofBayazid II (1481–1512) thesanjakbey of Ioannina was Dâvud Pasha-zâde Mustafa Bey.[6]
At the elections of 1908 the region elected two representatives for the Ottoman parliament, both of them Greeks: Dimitraki Kingos Efendi and Konstantin Surla Efendi.[7]
The area was occupied by Greek troops during theFirst Balkan War, and was ceded to Greece in theLondon peace conference in 1913.
From 1520 to 1538, according to the Ottomancensus, the Sanjak of Ioannina was populated with 32,097Christian families and 613Muslim families.[8]
Sancaks Yanya (Kazas: Yanya, Aydonat (Paramythia), Filat (Philiates), Meçova (Metsovo), Leskovik (war kurzzeitig Sancak) und Koniçe (Konitsa)
large districts and sanjaks in Rumeli: Jannina Naupaktos Egripoz (Euboea) Sanjak of Jannina ...
To reward his services he was appointed Pasha of Trikala... At the close of the year 1788 he succeeded in obtaining the Sanjak of Janina
Mahmood Hamdi pasha confirmed to the sanjaks of Yanina, Delvina, and Avlonia
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Poznato nam je da je u doba Bajazita II njen sandžak-beg bio Davudpašazade Mustafa-beg