Safavid Diyarbakr

Safavid province from 1504 to 1514/7

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
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| Succeeded by

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|  | Diyarbekir Eyalet |

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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).

## Sources

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* Faroqhi, Suraiya (2009). Frisch, Shelley (ed.). The Ottoman Empire: A Short History. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 91\. ISBN 978-1558764491.
* Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. pp. 180, 209, 252. ISBN 978-1933823232.
* Kia, Mehrdad (2017). The Ottoman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia (Vol. 1). ABC-CLIO. p. 101\. ISBN 978-1610693899.

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Provinces of Safavid Iran

* Astarabad
* Azarbaijan
* Baghdad
* Daghestan
* Diyarbakr
* Erivan (Chokhur-e Sa'd)
* Fars
* Georgia
* Gilan
* Hamadan
* Herat
* Isfahan
* Kandahar
* Karabakh
* Kerman
* Khuzestan
* Kuhgiluyeh
* Kurdistan
* Lorestan
* Makran
* Mashhad
* Marv
* Mazandaran
* Shirvan
* Sistan

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