Sanjak of Albania

Sanjak of Albania
Sanxhaku i Arbërisë (Albanian)
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1415–1444

CapitalGjirokastër (since 1419)
Vlorë (since 1431)
History 
• Established
1415
• Disestablished
1444
Preceded by
Succeeded by
John Zenevisi
Lordship of Zeta
League of Lezhë
Today part ofAlbania
Greece

The Sanjak of Albania (Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق آرونید, romanizedSancâk-ı Arvanid, or آرونید سنجاغی, Arvanid sancâğı; Albanian: Sanxhaku i Arbërisë or Sanxhaku i Shqipërisë) was a second-level administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire between 1415 and 1444. Its mandate included territories of modern central and southern Albania between Krujë to the Kalamas River in northwestern Greece.


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