Van Eyalet
| Eyalet-i Van | |||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1548–1864 | |||||||||
.png) Eyalet of Van in 1609 | |||||||||
| Capital | Van[1] | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1548 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
The eyalet of Van (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت وان; Eyālet-i Vān)[2] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The capital was Van. It was formed in 1548 as the one of the Beylerbeyliks of the Ottoman Empire.[3] Its reported area in the 19th century was 9,616 square miles (24,910 km2).[4]
Administrative divisions
Administrative division of the beylerbeylik of Van between 1680 and 1702 were as follows:[3]
- 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, Gerger|Güzelsu[disambiguation needed]]])
- Sanjak of Karkarocaklık (Kârkâr Sancağı, )
- Sanjak of Zeriki (Zeriki Sancağı, Zeriki)
- Sanjak of Şırvî (Şırvî Sancağı, )
- Sanjak of Müküs (Müküs Sancağı, Bahçesaray)
- Sanjak of Şıtak (Şıtak Sancağı, )
- Sanjak of Albak (Albak Sancağı, Başkale)
- Sanjak of Ispaghird (Espayrid Sancağı, )
- Sanjak of Erdjish or Arjis (Erciş Sancağı, Erciş)
- Sanjak of Keshan (Kesân Sancağı, )
- Sanjak of Adil Djevaz (Adilcevâz Sancağı, Adilcevaz)
- Sanjak of Aghakis (Ağakis Sancağı, )
- Sanjak of Bargeri (Bargiri Sancağı, Muradiye)
- Sanjak of Diyadin (Diyadin Sancağı, Diyadin)
- Sanjak of Somay (Somay Sancağı, )
- Sanjak of Harun (Harûn Sancağı, )
References
- ^ Commercial statistics: A digest of the productive resources, commercial... By John Macgregor, p. 12, at Google Books
- ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ a b Orhan Kılıç, XVII. Yüzyılın İlk Yarısında Osmanlı Devleti'nin Eyalet ve Sancak Teşkilatlanması, Osmanlı, Cilt 6: Teşkilât, Yeni Türkiye Yayınları, Ankara, 1999, ISBN 975-6782-09-9, p. 98. Template:Tr icon
- ^ The Popular encyclopedia: or, conversations lexicon, Volume 6, p. 698, at Google Books
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