Silistra Eyalet
| Province of Ochakiv Eyalet-i Silistra | |||||||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||||
| 1593–1864 | |||||||||||||
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The Silistra Eyalet in 1609 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Silistra and Özi | ||||||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 44°7′N 27°16′E / 44.117°N 27.267°E | ||||||||||||
• 1856 | 94,858 km2 (36,625 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1593 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||||||
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The Eyalet of Silistra or Silistria (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت سیلیستره; Eyālet-i Silistre), later known as Özü Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت اوزی; Eyālet-i Özi) meaning Province of Ochakiv was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire along the Black Sea littoral and south bank of the Danube River in southeastern Europe. The fortress of Akkerman was under the eyalet's jurisdiction. Its reported area in the 19th century was 71,140 square kilometres (27,469 sq mi).