Ottoman Cyrenaica, also known as Sanjak of Benghazi or Sanjak of Barqa, was a wilayah and later mutasarrifate in North Africa, within the Vilayet of Tripolitania.
In 1911 it was colonized by Italy, becoming Italian Cyrenaica.
In 1879, Cyrenaica became a wilayah of the Ottoman Empire.
The wali of Ottoman Tripolitania however looked after the military and judicial affairs.
The bureaucratic setup was similar to the one in Tripoli.