Native Name: | Velāyat-e Diyarbakr |
Common Name: | Diyarbakr |
Government Type: | Province |
Life Span: | 1504–1514/1517 |
Status: | Province of the Safavid Empire |
S1: | Diyarbekir Eyalet |
Flag S1: | Ottoman Flag.svg |
Capital: | Amida (Diyarbakır) |
Common Languages: | Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Syriac, Armenian |
Title Leader: | hakem |
Today: | Turkey |
The province of Diyarbakr 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).