Karaman Eyalet
| ایالت قرهمان Eyālet-i Ḳaraman | |||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1483–1864 | |||||||||
.png) The Karaman Eyalet in 1609 | |||||||||
| Capital | Konya (1483–1522), (1562–1864),[1] Kayseri (1522–1562) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1483 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
Karaman Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت قرهمان, romanized: Eyālet-i Ḳaraman)[2] was one of the subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was 30,463 square miles (78,900 km2).[3]
In 1468, the formerly independent principality of Karaman was annexed by the Ottomans; Mehmed II appointed his son Mustafa as governor of the new eyalet, with his seat at Konya.[4]
Administrative divisions
[edit]The eyalet consisted of seven sanjaks between 1700 and 1740:[5] Konya, Niğde, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Beyşehir, Aksaray, and Akşehir.
Eyalet History
[edit]The area covered by the Karaman Beylerbeylik in the 17th century was 78.518 km2 . According to today's Republic of Turkey administrative structure, it covered 6 provinces. These are Konya, Aksaray, Niğde, Kayseri, Nevşehir and Kırşehir. In 1468, it had six sanjaks, namely Konya Pasha Sanjak, Beyşehir, Aksaray, İçil (except for 1845-1887 when Ermenek was the center, its center was Silifke), Niğde and Kayseri. Akşehir Sanjak was established in 1518. In 1527, Karaman province; It consisted of the sanjaks of Konya, Kayseri, İçil, Niğde, Beyşehri, Aksaray and Maraş. In 1554, Kırşehri, which was a district of Bozok Sanjak of the Rum Province, was made a sanjak and connected to here.[6] In 1571, the province was divided into 7 sanjaks. These were Konya, Niğde, Kayseri, Aksaray, Akşehir, Beyşehri and Kırşehri. In the same year, İçil sanjak was attached to Cyprus Province'. In 1839, Kayseri sanjak was attached to Bozok Province, the center of which was Yozgat. With the Provincial Organization Regulation accepted in 1864, its name became Konya Province.
References
[edit]- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ The Popular encyclopedia: or, conversations lexicon, Volume 6, p. 698, at Google Books
- ^ Imber, Colin (2002). "The Ottoman Empire, 1300–1650: The Structure of Power" (PDF). p. 179. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-26.
- ^ 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. 93. (in Turkish)
- ^ "Konur Town". Archived from the original on April 26, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
See also
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- States and territories established in 1483
- States and territories disestablished in 1864
- Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia
- History of Aksaray Province
- History of Karaman Province
- History of Kayseri Province
- History of Kırşehir Province
- History of Konya Province
- History of Nevşehir Province
- History of Niğde Province
- 1480s establishments in the Ottoman Empire
- 1483 establishments in Asia
- 1483 establishments in Europe
- 1864 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire
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