Safavid Diyarbakr

Velāyat-e Diyarbakr
1504–1514/1517
Status	Province of the Safavid Empire
Capital	Amida (Diyarbakır)
Common languages	Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac, Armenian
Government	Province
hakem
Succeeded by Diyarbekir Eyalet
Today part of	Turkey

The province of Diyarbakr (Persian: ولایت دیاربکر, romanized: Velāyat-e Diārbakr) was a short-lived province of the Safavid Empire located in the area of present-day Turkey. Amida (Medieval Diyarbakır) was the provincial capital, and the seat of the Safavid governors. It had the following administrative jurisdictions; Orfah (Urfa), Jazireh (Cizre), Kharput (Elazığ), Mardin, Sert (Siirt), and Hesn Keyfeh (Hasankeyf).

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