Native Name: | Eyālet-i Egīr Egri ejálet Jegarski ejalet |
Common Name: | Eğri Eyalet |
Subdivision: | Eyalet |
Nation: | the Ottoman Empire |
Year Start: | 1596 |
Year End: | 1687 |
Event Start: | Siege of Eger |
P1: | Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867) |
Flag P1: | Blason louis II de Hongrie.svg |
P2: | Budin Eyalet |
Flag P2: | Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg |
S1: | Habsburg Monarchy |
Flag S1: | Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg |
Image Map Caption: | The Eğri Eyalet in 1609 |
Capital: | Eğri (Hungarian: Eger) |
Today: | Hungary, Slovakia |
Eğri Eyalet (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: ایالت اگیر; Eyālet-i Egīr,[1] Hungarian: Egri vilajet, Serbian: Jegarski ejalet or Јегарски ејалет) or Pashaluk of Eğri was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1596 with its capital at Eğri (Hungarian: Eger). It included parts of present-day Hungary and Slovakia.
The population of the province was ethnically and religiously diverse and included Slovaks and Hungarians (living mainly in the north), Serbs (living mainly in the south), and Muslims of various ethnic origins (living mainly in the cities). Other ethnic communities included Jews and Romani.
The province included the following sanjaks:[2]