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Sultan Mehmed IV left the palace in Constantinople and died in Edirne in 1693.
Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, lived in Edirne from 1863 to 1868. He was exiled there by the Ottoman Empire before being banished further to the Ottoman penal colony in Akka. He referred to Edirne in his writings as the "Land of Mystery".
Edirne was a sanjakcentre during the Ottoman period and was bound to, successively, the RumeliEyalet and SilistreEyalet before becoming a province centre at the beginning of the 19th century. Edirne Province comprised the sanjaks of Edirne, Tekfurdağı, Gelibolu, Filibe and İslimyebefore 1878.
The subdivisions of the Edirne Province before 1878 were:
* Sanjak of Edirne: Kazas of Edirne, Dimetoka,Kırkkilise, MaaÇimren Cisr-i Mustafa Paşa,Cisr-iErgene, Babay-ıAtik, BeykarHisar, MaaHatunili-Kızılağaç, Havsa, Ferecik.
* Sanjak of İslimye: Kazas of İslimye, Ahyolu, Misivri,Burgaz, Aydos, Karinabad, Yanbolu and Zağra-iCedit.
* Sanjak of Gelibolu: Kazas of Gelibolu, Gümülcine,Şarköy, Enez, Evreşe and Keşan. Gümülcine was a kaza of the Filibesanjak at the beginning of the 19th century.
* Sanjak of Filibe: Kazas of Filibe, Pazarcık, Zagra-iAtik, Hasköy, Kazanlı, Çırpan, Ahiçelebi, Sultanyeri.
* Sanjak of Tekfurdağı: Kazas of Tekfurdağı, Vize, Çorlu, Lüleburgaz, Malkara, Midye, Hayrabolu.
The subdivisions of the Edirne Province between 1878-1912 were:
* Sanjak of Edirne: Kazas of Edirne, Havsa, Dimetoka, Mustafapaşa, Ortaköy, Cisr-iErgene andKırcaali.
* Sanjak of Kırkkilise: Kazas of Kırkkilise, Ahtabolu, Vize, Midye, Lüleburgaz, Babaeski andTırnovacık.
* Sanjak of Tekfurdağı: Kazas of Tekfurdağı, Çorlu, Malkara and Hayrabolu.
* Sanjak of Gelibolu: Kazas of Gelibolu,
