Sanjak of Sakız
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The Sanjak of Sakız or Chios (Greek: Σαντζάκι Χίου) was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) centred on the eastern Aegean island of Chios. Its Turkish name, Sakız, derived from the island's most distinctive product, gum mastic.[1]
Quick Facts Liva-i Sakız/Sancak-ı Sakız (Ottoman Turkish), Capital ...
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Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||||
1566–1912 | |||||||||||||
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Capital | Chios | ||||||||||||
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• Ottoman conquest | 1566 | ||||||||||||
• Captured by Greece and Italy | 1912 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Greece |
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