Silistra Province, Ottoman Empire
| Eyalet-i Silistra | |||||
| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||
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Silistra and Özi 44°7′N 27°16′E / 44.117°N 27.267°ECoordinates: 44°7′N 27°16′E / 44.117°N 27.267°E |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1593 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1864 | |||
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| • | 1856 | 94,858 km2(36,625 sq mi) | |||
| Today part of | Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine | ||||
The Eyalet of Silistra or Silistria (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت سیلیستره; Eyālet-i Silistre), later known as Özü Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت اوزی; Eyālet-i Özi) meaning Province of Ochakiv was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire along the Black Sea littoral and south bank of the Danube River in southeastern Europe. The fortress of Akkerman was under the eyalet's jurisdiction. Its reported area in the 19th century was 27,469 square miles (71,140 km2).
The Eyalet of Silistra was formed in 1593 as beylerbeylik of Özi (Ukrainian:Očakiv) from territory of the former Principality of Karvuna, later Dobruja, Silistra was originally the Silistra Sanjak of Rumelia Eyalet.
It was named after Silistra, since its governor often resided in this Danubian fortress. Around 1599, it was expanded and raised to the level of an eyalet likely as a benefit to its first governor-general (beylerbeyi), the khan of Crimea. It was centered on the regions of Dobruja, Budjak (Ottoman Bessarabia), and Yedisan and included the towns of Varna, Kustendja (Constanța), Akkerman (Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi), and Khadjibey (Odessa) with its capital at the fortresses of Silistra (now in Bulgaria) or Özi (now Ochakiv in Ukraine).
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