Ottoman administrative unit between the 15th and 20th century
Not to be confused with Pashalik of Berat.
Sanjak of Avlona
Sanxhaku i Vlorës
Sanjak of Ottoman Empire
1466–1912
Flag
Coat of arms
Sanjak of Avlona in the late 19th century
Capital
Initially Avlonya, later Berat
History
• Construction of Elbasan Castle
1466
• First Balkan War
1912
Preceded by
Succeeded by
League of Lezhë
Independent Albania
Today part of
Albania
The Sanjak of Avlona (Turkish: Avlonya Sancağı, Albanian: Sanxhaku i Vlorës; sometimes referred to as the Sanjak of Berat because of its county town[1]) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire whose county town was Berat in Albania. It was established in 1466, after the construction of the Elbasan Castle of the territory that belonged to the preceding Ottoman sanjak, Sanjak of Albania.
^Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1842). The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Longman. p. 145. OCLC 499852560. Retrieved 12 September 2011. Ibrahim, an old infirm man, resided at Berat, and he is generally called pasha of Berat, but this is not correct, there being no sanjak of that name in Turkey
The SanjakofAvlona (Turkish: Avlonya Sancağı, Albanian: Sanxhaku i Vlorës; sometimes referred to as the Sanjakof Berat because of its county town) was...
Ali annexed the regions of Konitsa (in the Sanjakof Ioannina), and Libohovë, Përmet and Tepelenë (from the SanjakofAvlona) to the Pashalik during the...
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(Shpat) and Çermenika. At the same time the SanjakofAvlona (Vlorë) was established with the sub-districts (kaza) of Skrapar, Përmet, Pogon, Tepelenë and Gjirokastër...
schemes employed by Mehmed 'Kalo' Pasha of Yanina, who then took over the SanjakofAvlona. The guardianship of the mountain passes was bestowed upon a...
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result of this campaign, Crimea and Circassia entered into the Ottoman sphere of influence. In 1479, when he was a sanjakbey of the SanjakofAvlona, Sultan...
the territorial transfers, the Sanjakof Scutari was subsequently divided into two sanjaks: Sanjakof Scutari and Sanjakof Draç (Durrës). Mehmed Bushati...
the Sanjakof Scutari and established as separate Sanjakof Montenegro, under the rule of Skenderbeg Crnojević. When he died in 1528, the Sanjakof Montenegro...
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in the Congress of Ottoman Opposition. He played a major role in the Albanian revolt of 1912. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Qemali...
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people recorded as members of the Muzaka family after 1600. In the middle of the 18th century a sanjakbey of the SanjakofAvlona was Ahmet Pasha Kurt from...
devastating consequences of military expeditions of the Ottomans. In the newly formed Sanjakof Berat, which included the provinces of Vlora, Mallakastra,...
title of mir-i-miran, or bey of beys, and was promoted as the Pasha of the two tails and mutasarrıf of Delvinë, probably holding the SanjakofAvlona as...
kazas of Mitrovica and Novi Pazar were transferred to Sanjakof Pristina, and kazas of Berane and Rožaje to Sanjakof Ipek. In the same time, Sanjakof Sjenica...
the addition of Selanik (Salonica). In 1538 there are listed 29 liva (sanjaks) during the reign of Sultan Suleiman I. Sofya (Pasha Sanjakof Rumelia) Ağrıboz...
delegates from Bosnia and the mutasarrif (administrator ofsanjak) of Prizren as representative of the central authorities, and no delegates from Scutari...
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