Dulkadir Eyalet

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Maraş Eyaleti
Eyalet of Ottoman Empire
1522–1864
Flag of Dulkadir Eyalet
Flag
Marash[1]
History 
• Established
1522
• Disestablished
1864
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Dulkadirids
Aleppo Vilayet
Diyarbekir Vilayet

Dulkadir Eyalet (

romanized: Eyālet-i Ẕū l-Ḳādirīye / Ḍūlḳādir)[2] or Marash Eyalet (Turkish: Maraş Eyaleti) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
.

History

The

Anatolian emirates to yield to the Ottomans, managing to remain independent until 1521, and were not fully incorporated into the empire until 1530.[3] The eyalet was established in 1522.[4] After its disestablishment in 1864, its territories were united with Aleppo and Diyarbekir
eyalets.

It is unclear when the eyalet was formed. Contemporary Ottoman historian

Rum Eyalet. Dulkadir Eyalet was likely established shortly after the grand vizier Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha extinguished the Kalenderoghlu revolt the same year and took administrative precautions to maintain order in the realm. Contemporary historian Celalzade [tr] attests to the beylerbey of Dulkadir in Tabakātü'l-memâlik in 1538.[5]

Administrative divisions

According to Celalzade (1538):[5]

According to the ruus defter of 1548:[5]

  • Marash Sanjak
  • Bozok Sanjak
  • Aintab Sanjak
  • Uzayr Sanjak
  • Sis Sanjak

According to the tevcih defter of 1568–1574:[5]

During the 17–18th-centuries:[5]

  • Marash Sanjak
  • Malatya Sanjak
  • Aintab Sanjak
  • Kars Sanjak

In 1831:[5][6]

  • Marash Sanjak
  • Malatya Sanjak
  • Samsat Sanjak
  • Gerger Sanjak

Eyalet of Marash consisted of four sanjaks between 1700 and 1740 as follows:[7]

  1. Marash Sanjak (Paşa Sancağı, Kahramanmaraş)
  2. Malatya Sanjak (Malatya)
  3. Aintab Sanjak (Ayıntab Sancağı, Gaziantep)
  4. Kars-i Maraş Sanjak (Kadirli)

Demographics

In the early 16th century, a significant portion of the province's population was composed of nomadic Turkmens of the Dulkadir tribe. According to the 1526 icmal defter, the region consisted of 69,481 households (approximately 350,000 people), 48,665 (about 245,000 people), 18,158, and 2,631 of whom were Dulkadir nomads, settled Muslims, and Christians, respectively. The region included 523 villages, 3412 hamlets, 62 farms, 64 kishlaks (winter pastures), and 35 yaylaks (summer pastures).[5]

The population of the eyalet increased in 1570–1580, when it housed 113,028 households (approximately 550,000 people), 70,368, 38,497, and 4163 of whom were settled Muslims, nomads, and Christians, respectively. Around those times, the province had 2169 sworded timars and 5500 levy. During the 17th century, it increased to 2869 sworded timar and 6800 levy.[5]

References

  1. ^ Macgregor, John (1850). Commercial statistics. A digest of the productive resources, commercial legislation, customs tariffs, of all nations. Including all British commercial treaties with foreign states. Whittaker and co. p. 12. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7
    . Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ISBN 978-975-6051-02-3
    . Retrieved 26 June 2013. I. Süleyman 1566 yılında öldüğünde kısmen ya da tamamen Kürt bölgelerinden oluşturulan yeni eyaletler şunlardı: Dulkadir (1522), Erzurum (1533), Musul (1535), Bağdat (1535), Van (1548) ve Şehrizor (1554...
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Şahin 1994, pp. 552–553.
  6. ^ Akbal, Fazila (1831). "TARIHINDE OSMANLI IMPARATORLUĞUNDA IDARI TAKSIMAT VE NÜFUS" (in Turkish).
  7. ISBN 975-6782-09-9
    , pp. 93-94. (in Turkish)

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