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Eyalet

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Eyalets, also known as beylerbeyliks, were special regions of the Ottoman Empire that were somewhat self governing, but were still officially parts of the Ottomans. More and more eyalets were made as the Ottomans expanded. Eyalets were divided into smaller districts called livas or sanjaks.

List of Eyalets

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Eyalet

Name

Ottoman Turkish and in brackets Modern Turkish Existed for Notes
Abkhazia Abhazya ? years (1578–?) also called Sukhum [Sohumkale] or Georgia [Gürcistan] and included Mingrelia and Imeretia as well as modern Abkhazia
Akhaltsikhe Ahıska ? years (1603–?) either split from Samtskhe or existed at the same time
Dagestan Dağıstan ? years (1578–?) also called Demirkapı – assigned a serdar [chief] rather than a beylerbeyi
Dmanisi Tumanis ? years (1584–?)
Ganja Gence 16 years (1588–1604)
Gori Gori ? years (1588–?) probably replaced Tiflis after 1586
Győr Yanık 04 years (1594–1598)
Ibrim Ìbrīm 01 year (1584-1585) short lived promotion of the sanjak of Ibrim[1]
Kakheti Kaheti ? years (1578–?) Kakhetian king was appointed hereditary bey
Lazistan Lazistān ? years (1574–?)
Lorri Lori ? years (1584–?)
Nakhichevan Nahçivan 1 year (1603 only) possibly never separate from Yerevan[2]
Poti Faş ? years (1579–?) may have also been another name for Trabzon
Sanaa San'a 2 years (1567–1569) temporary division of Yemen
Shemakha Şamahı 1 year (1583 only) may have also been another name for Shervan
Szigetvár Zigetvar 4 years (1596–1600) later transferred to Kanizsa
Shervan Şirvan 26 years (1578–1604) overseen by a serdar [chief] rather than a beylerbeyi
Tabriz Tebriz 18 years (1585–1603)
Tiflis Tiflis 08 years (1578–1586) probably replaced by Gori after 1586
Wallachia Eflak 2 months (September–October 1595) the rest of the time Wallachia was a separate autonomous principality
Yerevan Erivan 21 years (1583–1604) sometimes also included Van
Zabid Zebit 2 years (1567–1569) temporary division of Yemen
Habesh Habeş 313 years (1554–1867) Included areas on both sides of the Red Sea. Also called "Mecca and Medina"
Adana آضنه Ażana (Adana) 257 years (1608–1865)
Archipelago جزایر بحر سفید Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid 329 years (1535–1864) Domain of the Kapudan Pasha (Lord Admiral); Also called Denizi or Denizli, later Vilayet of the Archipelago
Aleppo حلب Ḥaleb (Halep) 330 years (1534–1864)
Algiers جزایر غرب Cezâyîr-i Ġarb (Cezayir Garp, Cezayir) 313 years (1517–1830)
Anatolia Anadolu 448 years (1393–1841) Second Eyalet
Baghdad بغداد Baġdâd (Bağdat) 326 years (1535–1861) Until the Treaty of Zuhab (1639), Ottoman rule was not consolidated.
Basra بصره Baṣra (Basra) 324 years (1538–1862)
Bosnia Bosna 284 years (1580–1864)
Budin Budin 145 years (1541–1686)
Kıbrıs قبرص Ḳıbrıṣ (Kıbrıs) 092 years (1571-1660; 1745-1748)
Diyarbekir دیار بكر Diyârbekir (Diyarbakır) 305 years (1541–1846)
Eger اكر Egir (Eğri) 065 years (1596–1661)
Egypt مصر Mıṣır (Mısır) 350 years (1517–1867)
Erzurum Erzurum 334 years (1533–1867)
Al-Hasa Lahsa 110 years (1560–1670) Seldom directly ruled
Kefe (Theodosia) كفه Kefe 206 years (1568–1774)
Kanizsa Kanije 086 years (1600–1686)
Karaman Karaman 381 years (1483–1864)
Kars Kars 295 years (1580–1875) Until the Treaty of Zuhab (1639), Ottoman rule was not consolidated. Bounded to Erzurum Eyalet in 1875.
Dulkadir Maraş, Dulkadır 342 years (1522–1864)
Mosul Musul 329 years (1535–1864) Until the Treaty of Zuhab (1639), Ottoman rule was not consolidated.
Ar-Raqqah Rakka 278 years (1586–1864)
Rumelia Rumeli 502 years (1365–1867) First Eyalet
Childir Çıldır 267 years (1578–1845) Also called Meskheti, later possibly coextensive with Akhaltsikhe (Ahıska) Province. Most of eyalet passed to Russia in 1829. Remained parts of eyalet bounded to Erzurum in 1845.
Shahrizor Şehrizor 132 years (1554–1686) Also Shahrizor, Sheherizul, or Kirkuk. In 1830, this eyalet bounded to Mosul province as Kirkuk sanjak.
Silistria Silistre 271 years (1593–1864) Later sometimes called Ochakiv (Özi); First beylerbeyi was the Crimean khan
Sivas Sivas 466 years (1398–1864)
Syria شام Şam 348 years (1517–1865)
Temeşvar Tımışvar (Temeşvar) 164 years (1552–1716)
Trebizond, Lazistan Trabzon 403 years (1461–1864)
Tripoli (Tripoli-in-the-East) طرابلس شام Trablus-ı Şam (Trablusşam) 285 years (1579–1864)
Tripolitania (Tripoli-in-the-West) طرابلس غرب Trablus-ı Garb (Trablusgarp) 313 years (1551–1864)
Tunis Tunus 340 years (1524–1864)
Van وان Van 316 years (1548–1864)
Yemen یمن Yemen 142 years (1517–1636; 1849–1872)
Crete Girid 198 years (1669–1867)
Morea Mora 181 years (1620–1687) and (1715–1829) originally part of Aegean Archipelago Province
Podolia Podolya 27 years (1672–1699) overseen by several serdars (marshals) rather than by beylerbeyi (governors)
Sidon Sayda 181 years (1660–1841)
Uyvar Uyvar 22 years (1663–1685)
Varad Varad 31 years (1661–1692)
Monastir Manastır 38 years (1826–1864)
Salonica Selanik 38 years (1826–1864)
Aidin Aydın 38 years (1826–1864)
Ankara Ankara 37 years (1827–1864)
Kastamonu Kastamonu 37 years (1827–1864)
Herzegovina Hersek 18 years (1833–1851)
Hüdavendigâr Hüdavendigâr 26 years (1841–1867)
Karasi Karesi 2 years (1845–1847)
Niš Niş 18 years (1846–1864)
Kurdistan Kurdistan 21 years (1846–1867)[3]
Vidin Vidin 18 years (1846–1864)

References

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  1. V. L. Menage (1988): "The Ottomans and Nubia in the sixteenth century". Annales Islamologiques 24. pp.152-153.
  2. D. E. Pitcher (1972). An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century. Brill Archive. pp. 128–29. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  3. Aydın, Suavi; Verheij, Jelle (2012). Jongerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle (eds.). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill. p. 18. ISBN 9789004225183.