Velāyat-e Diyarbakr | |||||||
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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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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).