Uyvar Eyalet Explained

Native Name:Uyvar Eyalet
Eyalet-i Uyvar
Common Name:Uyvar Eyalet
Subdivision:Eyalet
Nation:the Ottoman Empire
Year Start:1663
Year End:1685
Event Start:Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)
P1:Habsburg Monarchy
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S1:Habsburg Monarchy
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Image Map Caption:The Uyvar Eyalet in 1683
Capital:Uyvar (Nové Zámky)
Today:Slovakia, Hungary

Uyvar Eyalet (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: ایالت اویوار; Eyālet-i Uyvar)[1] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

It was established during the reign of Mehmed IV. In 1663 the Ottoman expeditionary force, led by Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed, defeated the Habsburg Monarchy's garrison of the city of Uyvar (today known as Nové Zámky, Slovakia) and conquered the region. In 1664, they lost the northern part along with the fortresses Hlohovec, Nitra and Levice. The Peace of Vasvár recognised Ottoman control over the remaining part of the eyalet. It was returned to Austria after the signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699.

Residents of Uyvar paid 50 Akçe per head for Jizya as compared with the standard rate of one gold ducat (equivalent in the period to around 200 Akçe). The province's payment of a yearly sum of 1,090,150 Akçe to the treasury by 20,183 non-Muslim Jizya payers, amounting to 50 Akçe per head.[2]

Administrative divisions

The sanjaks of Uyvar Eyalet in the 17th century:[3]

    1. Sanjak of Leve Sanjak of Novigrad
  1. Sanjak of Holok
  2. Sanjak of Boyák
    1. Sanjak of Nitra sanjak of uyvar

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Geonames.de. 25 February 2013.
  2. Ottoman Warfare 1500-1700, Rhoads Murphey, 1999, p.258
  3. By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall