▁Dan ube ▁River ▁and ▁e y ale ts ▁of ▁Ni š , ▁Vid in ▁and ▁Sil istra . ▁This ▁vil ay et ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁model ▁province , ▁show c asing ▁all ▁the ▁progress ▁achieved ▁by ▁the ▁Por te ▁through ▁the ▁modern ising ▁T anz imat ▁re forms . ▁Other ▁vil ay ets ▁model led ▁on ▁the ▁vil ay et ▁of ▁the ▁Dan ube ▁were ▁ultimately ▁established ▁throughout ▁the ▁emp ire ▁by ▁ 1 8 7 6 , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ian ▁pen ins ula ▁and ▁the ▁by ▁then ▁semi - in dependent ▁Egypt . ▁Rus ç uk , ▁today ▁R use ▁in ▁Bulg aria , ▁was ▁chosen ▁as ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁vil ay et ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁position ▁as ▁a ▁key ▁Ott oman ▁port ▁on ▁the ▁Dan ube . ▁ ▁The ▁province ▁disappeared ▁after ▁the ▁Rus so - T urk ish ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 7 7 – 7 8 , ▁when ▁its ▁north - e astern ▁part ▁( N or thern ▁Dob ru ja ) ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁Roman ia , ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁western ▁territ ories ▁into ▁Ser bia , ▁while ▁the ▁central ▁and ▁southern ▁regions ▁made ▁up ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁autonom ous ▁Princi p ality ▁of ▁Bulg aria ▁and ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁Eastern ▁Rum elia . ▁ ▁Government ▁Mid hat ▁P asha ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁governor ▁of ▁the ▁vil ay et ▁( 1 8 6 4 – 1 8 6 8 ). ▁During ▁his ▁time ▁as ▁a ▁governor , ▁steam ship