Under Ottoman rule, Ioannina remained an administrative centre, as the seat of the Sanjak of Ioannina, and experienced a period of relative stability and prosperity. [8] The first Ottoman tax registers for the city dates to 1564, and records 50 Muslim households and 1,250 Christian ones; another register from 15 years later mentions Jews as ...

The Vilayet of Janina, Yanya or Ioannina (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت يانیه, romanized: Vilâyet-i Yanya) [3] was a first-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1867. [4] In the late 19th century, it reportedly had an area of 18,320 square kilometres (7,070 sq mi). [5]

The Sanjak of Ioannina (variously also Janina or Yanina, Ottoman Turkish: Sanjak-i Yanya) was a sanjak (second-level province) of the Ottoman Empire whose capital was Ioannina in Epirus.

Mar 3, 2025 · Ioánnina, city and dímos (municipality), periféreia (region) of Epirus (Modern Greek: Ípeiros), northwestern Greece. It is located on a plateau on the western side of Lake Ioánnina (ancient Pambotis), facing the gray limestone mass of Mount Mitsikéli.

Oct 9, 2017 · The preeminent Ottoman travel writer Evliya Çelebi saw Ioannina around the year 1670, and left a record of its 37 quarters, 4,000-strong population and 9,000 shops, including tailors, goldsmiths and silk merchants.

Feb 21, 2025 · The historic city of Ioannina, the capital of Epirus in northwestern Greece, marks February 21st as the day of liberation from the Ottoman Empire.

Feb 22, 2025 · On February 21, 1913—112 years ago—the capital of Epirus, Ioannina (officially known as Ioannina), was liberated after 85 days of siege from Ottoman rule. This was one of the greatest achievements of the Greek Army, as the legendary city had surrendered (but was never conquered) to the Ottomans under Sinan Pasha on October 9, 1430.

Mar 9, 2025 · According to local legend, once recounted by Ioannina native Isaac Batish, one Purim eve some 200 years ago, the local Ottoman ruler, a man named Ali Pasha Tepelini, known as “the Lion of Ioannina”, was passing by one of the local synagogues with his entourage.

Feb 23, 2022 · Elaborate murals with plants, geometric shapes and Arabic inscriptions create a unique universe, while later interventions bear witness to the spirit of neoclassicism that prevailed in Ioannina during the late Ottoman period.

Eyālet-i Yānyâ) [1] was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire located in the territory of present-day southern Albania, central and northern Greece. It was formed in 1670 [citation needed] and its administrative centre was Ioannina.