Van Eyalet Explained
| Native Name: | Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: ایالت وان
Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: Eyalet-i Van |
| Common Name: | Van Eyalet |
| Subdivision: | Eyalet |
| Nation: | the Ottoman Empire |
| Year Start: | 1548 |
| Year End: | 1864 |
| P1: | Safavid Empire |
| Flag P1: | Safavid Flag.svg |
| S1: | Van Vilayet |
| Image Map Caption: | The Eyalet of Van in 1609 |
| Capital: | Van |
| Today: |  Turkey
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The Van Eyalet (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: ایالت وان|Eyālet-i Vān)[1] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The capital was Van. It was formed in 1548 as one of the Beylerbeyliks of the Ottoman Empire.[2] Its reported area in the 19th century was 9616sqmi.
It included territory in Eastern Anatolia, as well as a small part of present-day Iran (the Sanjak of Sero, today in Urmia County).
Administrative divisions
Administrative division of the beylerbeylik of Van between 1680 and 1702 were as follows:[2]
- Sanjak of Van (Paşa Sancağı, Van)
- Government of Bitlis (Bitlis Hükûmeti, Bitlis)
- Government of Hizan (Hizan Hükûmeti, Hizan)
- Government of Hakkâri (Hakkâri Hükûmeti, Hakkâri)
- Government of Hoşab (or Mahmûdî, Hoşab Hükûmeti, Güzelsu)
- Sanjak of Karkar (Kârkâr Sancağı, Daldere)
- Sanjak of Zeriki (Zeriki Sancağı, Sarıca)
- Sanjak of Şırvî (Şırvî Sancağı,)
- Sanjak of Müküs (Müküs Sancağı, Bahçesaray)
- Sanjak of Şıtak (Şıtak Sancağı, Çatak)
- Sanjak of Albak (Albak Sancağı, Başkale)
- Sanjak of Ispaghird (Espayrid Sancağı, Sürücüler)
- Sanjak of Erdjish or Arjis (Erciş Sancağı, Erciş)
- Sanjak of Keshan (Késan Sancağı, Ergeçidi)
- Sanjak of Adil Djevaz (Adilcevâz Sancağı, Adilcevaz)
- Sanjak of Aghakis (Ağakis Sancağı, Göllü)
- Sanjak of Bargeri (Bargiri Sancağı, Muradiye)
- Sanjak of Diyadin (Diyadin Sancağı, Diyadin)
- Sanjak of Somay (Somay Sancağı, Sero)
- Sanjak of Harun (Harûn Sancağı, Güzelkonak)
Notes and References
- 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.
- Orhan Kılıç, XVII. Yüzyılın İlk Yarısında Osmanlı Devleti'nin Eyalet ve Sancak Teşkilatlanması, Osmanlı, Cilt 6: Teşkilât, Yeni Türkiye Yayınları, Ankara, 1999,, p. 98.
