Sanjak of Serfiğe

Sanjak of Serfiğe
Ottoman Turkish: Liva-i Serfiğe
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
1881–1912

Sanjak of Serfiğe, darkest green, late 19th century
CapitalServia
History 
• Established
1881
1912
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sanjak of Tirhala
Manastir Vilayet
Kingdom of Greece
Today part ofGreece

The Sanjak of Serfiğe (Greek: Σαντζάκι/Υποδιοίκησις Σερβίων) was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) centred on the town of Serfiğe (Servia) in western Macedonia, now part of Greece.

The sanjak was founded in 1881, after the Greek annexation of Thessaly (the sanjak of Tirhala), initially as an independent province, and after 1889 as part of Manastir Vilayet. In 1912, the province encompassed six kazas (districts): Nasliç (Voio), Serfiğe itself, Kozana (Kozani), Kayalar (Ptolemaida), Nasliğ (Neapoli, Kozani), Grebene (Grevena) and Alasonya (Elassona).[1]

The sanjak was conquered by the Greek Army in October 1912, during the First Balkan War.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Birken, Andreas [in German] (1976). Die Provinzen des Osmanischen Reiches [The Provinces of the Ottoman Empire]. Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, 13 (in German). Reichert. p. 72. ISBN 3-920153-56-1.