Eğri Eyalet Explained

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.

Administrative divisions

The province included the following sanjaks:[2]

  1. Sanjak of Eğri (Eger)
  2. Sanjak of Segedin (Szeged)
  3. Sanjak of Sonluk (Szolnok)
  4. Sanjak of Seçen (Szécsény)
  5. Sanjak of Hatvan (Hatvan)
  6. Sanjak of Novigrad (Nógrád)
  7. Sanjak of Filek (Filakovo) (Its center was Rim Sonbat)

References

See also

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/dergiler/19/1267/14566.pdf Macaristan'da Osmanlı Hakimiyetinin ve İdari Teşkilatının Kuruluşu ve Gelişmesi, Sadık Müfit Bilge