Eyalet of Adrianople
# Eyalet of Adrianople

The Eyalet of Adrianople or Edirne or Çirmen (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت ادرنه; Eyālet-i Edirne) was constituted from parts of the eyalets of Silistra and Rumelia in 1826.

It was one of the first Ottoman provinces to become a vilayet after an administrative reform in 1865, and by 1867 it had been reformed into the Vilayet of Adrianople.

## Administrative division

The eyalet comprised almost all of the historical geographical region of Thrace, and comprised the following subdivisions (sanjaks or livas):

* Sanjak of Nevahi-i Erbaa (capital: Çatalca)
* Sanjak of Tekfürtaği (Rodosto) or Vize
* Sanjak of Gelibolu (Gallipoli)
* Sanjak of Edirne (Adrianople)
* Sanjak of Filibe (mod. Plovdiv)
* Sanjak of Islimiye (mod. Sliven) or Eski Zagra (Stara Zagora)

The sanjaks were further subdivided into 50 kazas or prefectures.

