Podolia Eyalet Explained

Native Name:Eyalet-i Kamaniçe
Common Name:Podolia Eyalet
Subdivision:Eyalet
Nation:the Ottoman Empire
Year Start:1672
Year End:1699
Event Start:Siege of Kamenets
Event End:Treaty of Karlowitz
P1:Podolia Voivodeship
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Border P1:no
S1:Podolia Voivodeship
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Border S1:no
Image Map Caption:The Podolia Eyalet in 1683
Capital:Kamianets-Podilskyi
Today:Ukraine

Podolia Eyalet (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: ایالتِ كامانىچه|Eyalet-i Kamaniçe)[1] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its capital was Kamianets-Podilskyi (Кам’янець-Подільський; Polish: Kamieniec Podolski; Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: كامانىچه|Kamaniçe).

History

In 1672, the Ottoman army, led by Sultan Mehmed IV, captured Kamaniçe after a short siege.[2] The Treaty of Buchach confirmed Ottoman control of the city, which became the centre of a new eyalet.[2] The treaty was repudiated by the Polish Diet, and war broke out anew.[2]

The Polish campaign proved unsuccessful, and the truce of Żurawno (1676) left Podolia within Ottoman borders. Another Polish-Ottoman war broke out again in 1683.[2] For the next 16 years, Ottoman rule in Podolia generally was limited to the blockaded fortress of Kamianets, held by a garrison of 6,000 soldiers.[2] The other garrisons in Podolia, in Bar, Medzhybizh, Jazlivec, and Chortkiv, barely exceeded 100 soldiers each.[3]

According to the Ottoman provincial budget of 1681, 13 million akçe were spent yearly in the eyalet, primarily for soldiers' pay. Of this amount, less than 3% was collected from Podolia itself, the rest was sent from the central treasury.[3] In 1681, the patriarch of Constantinople appointed the Orthodox metropolitan of Kamianets, named Pankratij.[4]

The fortress was returned to Poland as a result of the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699).[2]

Governors

During the 27 years of Ottoman rule, Podolia was administered by nine Ottoman pashas:[2]

See also

Administrative divisions

The eyalet was divided into four sanjaks:[2]

  1. Sanjak of Kamaniçe
  2. Sanjak of Bar
  3. Sanjak of Mejibuji
  4. Sanjak of Yazlofça

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Marc David Baer. Marc David Baer. Honored by the Glory of Islam: Conversion and Conquest in Ottoman Europe. 2013-06-03. 2011-09-01. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-979783-7. 290.
  2. Book: Agoston. Gabor. Masters. Bruce Alan. Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. 2013-02-25. 2009. Infobase Publishing. 978-1-4381-1025-7. 306.
  3. Kołodziejczyk. Dariusz. Ottoman Podillja: The Eyalet of Kamjanec', 1672-1699. Harvard Ukrainian Studies. June 1992. 16. 1/2. 87–101. 41036452.
  4. Kołodziejczyk. Dariusz. The "Turkish Yoke" Revisited: The Ottoman Non-Muslim Subjects Between Loyalty, Alienation, And Riot. Acta Poloniae Historica. 2006. 93. 178–195. 0001-6829.