Sanjak of Gümülcine
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The Sanjak of Gümülcine (Ottoman Turkish: Sancak-i Gümülcine, Greek: Υποδιοίκησις Γκιουμουλτζίνας, Bulgarian: Гюмюрджински санджак) was a second-level province (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire in Thrace, forming part of the Adrianople Vilayet. Its capital was Gümülcine, modern Komotini in Greece.[1]
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Sancak-i Gümülcine | |||||||||||||
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Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||||
1878–1912 | |||||||||||||
1907 Ottoman map of the Adrianople Vilayet, with the Sanjak of Gümülcine as the vilayet's westernmost province | |||||||||||||
Capital | Gümülcine | ||||||||||||
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• Established | 1878 | ||||||||||||
1912 | |||||||||||||
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Today part of | Bulgaria Greece |
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