[citation needed] According to the Ottoman tax registers from 1454-55 the territory of the Sanjak included the following nahiyahs: Banya (Sokobanja), Belgrad (present-day Belogradchik), Veleshnitsa, Vidin, Gelvie (Glavje), Zagorie, Isvrlig (Svrljig), Kladobo (Kladovo), Krivina, Timok, Tcherna reka/Crna reka and the following fortresses: Vidin, Banya (Sokobanja), Belgrad (present-day Belogradchik), Isvrlig (Svrljig) and Florentin.

The rebels' aim was to establish communication with the Russian troops in Wallachia under General Ignatiev.

[7] After the collapse of the First Serbian Uprising, part of the territory around Sokobanja and Svrljig recaptured from the rebels was annexed by the Sanjak of Vidin.

[9] In 1396, Vidin was finally and permanently captured by the Ottomans, who improved its Baba Vida fortress and built long walls around it.

[12] In 1460, after his success in the battle near Baziaş (and the capture of Michael Szilágyi)[13] the sultan rewarded Ali Bey Mihaloğlu by appointing him as sanjakbey of Vidin.