Aidin Eyalet Explained

Native Name:Eyalet-i Aydın
Common Name:Aydin Eyalet
Subdivision:Eyalet
Nation:the Ottoman Empire
Year Start:1827
Year End:1864
P1:Anatolia Eyalet
Flag P1:Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg
S1:Aidin Vilayet
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Image Map Caption:The Eyalet of Aidin in 1861
Capital:Aydın (1827-1841; 1843-1846)
İzmir[1] (1841-1843; 1846-1864)
Today:Turkey

The eyalet of Aidin, also known as eyalet of Smyrna or Izmir (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: ایالت آیدین; Eyālet-i Aydın)[2] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

After the Janissary corps was abolished in 1826, the administrative divisions of the Empire were changed, and the Eyalet of Anatolia was divided into 4. In 1841, the capital was moved to İzmir, only to be moved back to Aydın in 1843. Three years later, in 1846, the capital was moved to Izmir once again. With the adoption of the vilayet law in 1864, the eyalet was re-created as the Vilayet of Smyrna.[3]

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:[4]

  1. Sanjak of Saruhan (Manisa)
  2. Sanjak of Sığla (Izmir)[5]
  3. Sanjak of Aydın (Aydın)
  4. Sanjak of Menteşe (Muğla)
  5. Sanjak of Denizli (Denizli)

Notes and References

  1. By Robert Johnston
  2. Web site: Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Geonames.de. 25 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928180044/http://www.geonames.de/coutr-ota-provinces.html. 28 September 2013. dead.,
  3. By Peter Benedict
  4. By James Henry Skene
  5. https://archive.org/stream/dictionnairegog00mostgoog#page/n14 Dictionnaire géographique de l'Empire ottoman