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Eyalet-i Vidin
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1846–1864
The Vidin Eyalet in the 1850s
Capital	Vidin
Area
• Coordinates	43°59′N 22°52′E / 43.983°N 22.867°E / 43.983; 22.867
History
• Established	1846
• Disestablished	1864
Preceded by Succeeded by Monastir Eyalet Danube Vilayet

The Eyalet of Vidin (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت ویدین; Eyālet-i Vīdīn) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire located in the territory of present-day north-western Bulgaria. It was formed in 1846 and its administrative centre was Vidin. It was incorporated into Danube Province in 1864 and its sanjaks were reduced to townships except Vidin.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:

1. Sanjak of Tirnova
2. Sanjak of Vidin
3. Sanjak of Lom

See also

• Ottoman Bulgaria
• Osman Pazvantoğlu

References

1. The New American cyclopaedia: a popular dictionary of general ..., Volume 16, p. 413, at Google Books
2. "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
3. The three eras of Ottoman history, a political essay on the late reforms of ..., p. 75, at Google Books By James Henry Skene

• States and territories established in 1846
• States and territories disestablished in 1864
• Ottoman period in the history of Bulgaria
• Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
• 1846 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
• History of Vidin
• 1864 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire