Sanjak of Delvina | |||||||||||
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Sanjak of Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||
16th century–1913 | |||||||||||
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Capital | Delvinë, Ergiri | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 16th century | ||||||||||
3 March | |||||||||||
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Today part of | Albania Greece |
The Sanjak of Delvina (Turkish: Delvine Sancağı, Albanian: Sanxhaku i Delvinës) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire which county town was Delvinë but during the 18th century became Gjirokastër, Albania. It was created in the mid-16th century,[1] came under the control of the Pashalik of Yanina during 1785−1822, and was disestablished after the Balkan Wars in 1913. It was divided between Albania Albania and Greece in 1913.
Afterwards, when the sandjak of Delvina has been created (about the middle of XVI century),