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Eyalets (
From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth century the Ottoman local government was loosely structured.[2] The empire was at first divided into states called eyalets, presided over by a beylerbey (title equivalent to duke in Turkish) of three tails (feathers borne on a state officer's ceremonial staff).[2] The grand vizier was responsible for nominating all the high officers of State, both in the capital and the states.[2] Between 1861 and 1866, these eyalets were abolished, and the territory was divided for administrative purposes into vilayets (provinces).[2]
The eyalets were subdivided into districts called
Names
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The term eyalet is sometimes translated province or governorate. Depending on the rank of the governor, they were also sometimes known as pashaliks (governed by a pasha), beylerbeyliks (governed by a bey or beylerbey), and kapudanliks (governed by a kapudan).
Pashaluk or Pashalik (Turkish: paşalık) is the abstract word derived from pasha, denoting the quality, office or jurisdiction of a pasha or the territory administered by him. In European sources, the word "pashalic" generally referred to the eyalets.[4]
The term 'eyalet' began to be applied to the largest administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire instead of beglerbegilik from the 1590s onward, and it continued to be used until 1867.[6]
History
Murad I instituted the great division of the sultanate into two beylerbeyiliks of Rumelia and Anatolia, in circa 1365.[7] With the eastward expansion of Bayezid's realms in the 1390s, a third eyalet, Rûm Eyalet, came into existence, with Amasya its chief town. This became the seat of government of Bayezid's youngest son, Mehmed I, and was to remain a residence of princely governors until the 16th century.[8]
In 1395, Bayezid I executed the last
The 16th century saw the greatest increase in the number of eyalets, largely through the conquests of
The former
In 1580, Bosnia, previously a district of Rumelia, became an eyalet in its own right, presumably in view of its strategically important position on the border with the Habsburgs. Similar considerations led to the creation of the
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By 1609, according to the list of Ayn Ali, there were 32 eyalets. Some of these, such as Tripoli, Cyprus or Tunis, were the spoils of conquest. Others, however, were the products of administrative division.[8]
In 1795, the government launched a major reorganization of the provincial administration, with a law decreeing that there would be 28 provinces, each to be governed by a vizer. These were
Government
The beylerbeyliks where the timar system was not applied, such as Abyssinia, Algiers, Egypt, Baghdad, Basra and Lahsa, were more autonomous than the others. Instead of collecting provincial revenues through sipahis, the beylerbey transferred fixed annual sums to Constantinople, known as the salyane.[6]
By 1500, the four central eyalets of the Empire, Rumelia, Anatolia, Rum and Karaman, were under direct rule.
Map
List
From the mid-14th century until the late 16th century, only one new beylerbeylik (
Disappeared before 1609
The eyalets that existed before 1609 but disappeared include the following:[10]
| Province Name | Ottoman Turkish Name and Transliteration (Modern Turkish )
|
Existed for | |
|---|---|---|---|
Abkhazia |
Abhazya | ? years (1578–?) | also called Sukhum [Sohumkale] or Georgia [Gürcistan] and included Imeretia as well as modern Abkhazia – nominally annexed but never fully conquered
|
Akhaltsikhe |
Ahıska | ? years (1603–?) | either split from or coextensive with Samtskhe |
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) | temporary promotion of the sanjak of Ibrim[11] |
Kakheti |
Kaheti | ? years (1578–?) | Kakhetian king was appointed hereditary bey |
Lazistan |
Lazistān | ? years (1574–?) | |
Lorri |
Lori | ? years (1584–?) | |
Nakhichevan |
Nahçivan | 01 year (1603 only) | possibly never separate from Yerevan[10] |
Poti |
Faş | ? years (1579–?) | may have also been another name for Trabzon |
Sanaa |
San'a | 02 years (1567–1569) | temporary division of Yemen |
Shemakha |
Şamahı | 01 year (1583 only) | may have also been another name for Shervan |
| Szigetvár | Zigetvar | 04 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 | 02 years (1567–1569) | temporary division of Yemen |
Eyalets in 1609
Conquests of
| Province Name | Ottoman Turkish Name and Transliteration (Modern Turkish )
|
Existed for | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Until the Treaty of Zuhab (1639), Ottoman rule was not consolidated. |
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 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) | Until the Treaty of Zuhab (1639), Ottoman rule was not consolidated. |
| Yemen | یمن Yemen | 142 years (1517–1636; 1849–1872) |
Sources:
- Colin Imber. The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The structure of Power. (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.)
- Halil Inalcik. The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300–1600. Trans. Norman Itzkowitz and Colin Imber. (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973.)
- Donald Edgar Pitcher. An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire (Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1972.)
Established 1609–1683
| Province Name | Ottoman Turkish Name and Transliteration (Modern Turkish )
|
Existed for | |
|---|---|---|---|
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) |
Established 1826–1864
| Province Name | Ottoman Turkish Name and Transliteration (Modern Turkish )
|
Existed for | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrianople | Edirne | 38 years (1826–1864) | |
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 | 02 years (1845–1847) | |
| Niš | Niş | 18 years (1846–1864) | |
| Kurdistan | Kurdistan | 21 years (1846–1867)[12] | |
| Vidin | Vidin | 18 years (1846–1864) |
Maps
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Eyalets in the 17th century -
1855 map of Turkey in Asia byJoseph Hutchins Colton -
Map of European Turkey by Carl Ritter, published in 1864
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Modern usage of the term
See also
References
- JSTOR 41929749.
- ^ a b c d A handbook of Asia Minor. Naval Staff. Intelligence Department. 1919. p. 203.
- ISBN 978-90-5201-374-9. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ a b c d The empires and cities of Asia (1873) by Forbes, A. Gruar. Page 188
- ^ Çelebi, Evliya. Trans. by von Hammer, Joseph. Narrative of travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the seventeenth century, Vol. 1, p. 90 ff. Parbury, Allen, & Co. (London), 1834.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4617-3176-4. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^ D. E. Pitcher (1972). An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century. Brill Archive. p. 125. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Imber, Colin (2002). "The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power" (PDF). pp. 177–200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-26.
- ISBN 978-1-4008-2968-2. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ V. L. Menage (1988): "The Ottomans and Nubia in the sixteenth century". Annales Islamologiques 24. pp.152-153.
- ISBN 9789004225183.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-3336-1386-3.
- Halil Inalcik. The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600. Trans. Norman Itzkowitz and Colin Imber. (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973.)
- Paul Robert Magocsi. Historical Atlas of Central Europe. (2nd ed.) Seattle, WA, USA: Univ. of Washington Press, 2002)
- Nouveau Larousse illustré, undated (early 20th century), passim (in French)
- Donald Edgar Pitcher. An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire. (Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1972., includes 36 color maps)
- Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (in German, includes maps)
External links
- Francesco Sansovino (1583). Del governo et amministrazione di diversi regni libri XXII. p. 43. Retrieved 2013-06-02. Contains a list of eyalets, or 'beglerbei'.
- Claudio Ptolomeo; Giovanni Antonio Magini (1598). Geografia cioè descrittione vniuersale della terra: partita in due volumi ... appresso Gio. Battista [et] Giorgio Galignani fratelli. p. 8. Retrieved 2013-06-02. Includes a list of provinces or 'beierbei'.
- Turcici imperii status seu discursus varii de rebus turcarum. 1630. p. 198. Retrieved 2013-06-02. With a list of 'beglerbegatus'.
- Paul Rycaut (1670). The Present state of the Ottoman empire: Containing the Maxims of... Starkey. p. 175. Retrieved 2013-06-02. With a list of 'beglerbeg' and 'sangiacks'.
- Michel-Antoine Baudrand (1681). Geographia. p. 343. Retrieved 2013-06-02. With a list of 'beglerbeglics'.
- Evliya Çelebi; Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1834). Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the Seventeenth Century. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 90. Retrieved 2013-06-02. Includes a list of beglerbegliks and sanjaks.
- John Macgregor (1834). The resources and statistics of nations. p. 451. Retrieved 3 June 2013. With a list of Eyalets and livas.
- Sir Grenville Temple (10th bart.) (1836). Travels in Greece and Turkey: Being the Second Part of Excursions in the Mediterranean. Saunders and Otley. p. 274. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
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