Varat Eyalet Explained

Native Name:Varat Eyalet
Eyalet-i Varat
Pașalâcul de la Oradea
Váradi vilajet
Common Name:Varat Eyalet
Subdivision:Eyalet
Nation:the Ottoman Empire
Year Start:1660
Year End:1692
P1:Ottoman Principality of Transylvania
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P2:Temeşvar Eyalet
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P3:Egir Eyalet
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S1:Habsburg Monarchy
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Image Map Caption:The Varat Eyalet in 1683
Capital:Varat
Today:Romania, Hungary

Varat Eyalet (also known as Pashaluk of Varat or Province of Varat;[1] Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: ایالت وارد; Eyālet-i Vārad)[2] was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1660. Varat Eyalet bordered Ottoman Budin Eyalet in the west, Temeşvar Eyalet in the southwest, Egir Eyalet in the northwest, vassal Ottoman Principality of Transylvania in the southeast, and Habsburg Royal Hungary in the north.

History

Varat[3] (now Oradea) was made the seat of an Ottoman governor (Beylerbey) in 1660. Before the formation of the Eyalet, the land was mostly part of the Ottoman vassal Principality of Transylvania which established by the Treaty of Speyer in 1570 as the predecessor state of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. Some territories that formerly belonged to Temeşvar Eyalet and Egir Eyalet were also included into Varat Eyalet.

In June 1692, the territory was liberated[4] under Habsburgs leadership,[5] and was ceded to them by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. Its territory was subsequently included into Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary and Habsburg Principality of Transylvania.

Administrative divisions

The sanjaks of Varat Eyalet in the 17th century:[6]

  1. Sanjak of Varat (Oradea)
  2. Sanjak of Salanta (Salonta)
  3. Sanjak of Debreçin (Debrecen)
  4. Sanjak of Halmaş (Nagyhalász)
  5. Sanjak of Şenköy (Sâniob)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=j15MBH-FIwkC&dq=%22province+of+varat%22&pg=PA352 The central islamic lands from pre-islamic times to the first world war, Том 2, Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton, Bernard Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 1978, page 352.
  2. Web site: Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Geonames.de. 25 February 2013.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=LBeAAAAAMAAJ&q=%22varat+in+transylvania%22 Materialien zu Evliya Çelebi. 2. A guide to the Seyāhat-nāme of Evliya Çelebi
  4. Web site: A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Hungary . Office of the Historian.
  5. By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters
  6. By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall