Temeşvar Province, Ottoman Empire

The Province of Temeşvar or Eyalet-i Temeşvar was a first-level administrative unit (eyalet) of the Ottoman Empire located in the Banat region of Central Europe. Besides Banat, the province also included area north of the Mureş River, part of the Crişana region. Its territory is now divided between Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.

Name

The name of the province in Ottoman Turkish was "Eyâlet-i Temeşvar" or "Eyâlet-i Tımışvar" (Modern Turkish: "Temeşvar Eyaleti" or "Tamışvar Eyaleti"), in Romanian was "Eialetul Timişoarei" or "Paşalâcul Timişoara", in Serbian was Темишварски ејалет or "Temišvarski ejalet", and in Hungarian was "Temesvári ejálet". The province was named after its administrative seat, Temeşvar.

History

The Eyalet of Temeşvar was formed in 1552, when the region was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, and existed until 1716, when it was conquered by the Habsburg Monarchy. The Eyalet was led by a vali (governor) or beylerbey (sometimes with position of pasha or vizir ), whose residence was at the former Hunyadi Castle in Temeşvar (Timişoara). In 1718, the Habsburgs formed a new province in this region, named the Banat of Temeswar.

The population of the province was mainly composed of Orthodox Christians (Serbs and Romanians) and its capital was Temeşvar (Timişoara), now in Romania.

Administrative divisions

1552

The province had the greatest borders in 1552 and included following sanjaks:
*Sanjak of Tamışvar (Timişoara)
*Sanjak of Lipva (Lipova)
*Sanjak of Çanad (Cenad)
*Sanjak of Küle (Gyula)
*Sanjak of Morava (?)
*Sanjak of Yanova (Ineu)
*Sanjak of Beşlek or Beçkerek (Zrenjanin)
*Sanjak of Logoş (Lugoj)
*Sanjak of Şebeş (Caransebeş)
*Sanjak of Varad (Arad)
*Sanjak of Kacaş (?)

1660

Sanjaks of Varad, Logoş, Kacaş, Beşlek and Yanova were separated from the province and were transformed into Varad Eyalet in 1660.

Before 1699

Before the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, the province was divided into following sanjaks:
*Sanjak of Lipva (Lipova)
*Sanjak of Tamışvar (Timişoara)
*Sanjak of Çanad (Cenad)
*Sanjak of Beçkerek (Zrenjanin)
*Sanjak of Logoş (Lugoj)
*Sanjak of Küle (Gyula)
*Sanjak of Pançova (Pančevo)
*Sanjak of Çakova (Ciacova)

Sanjaks of Küle, Çanad and Lipva were left to Austrian Empire after signing Treaty of Karlowitz.

Beylerbeyleri (governors) of the Eyalet of Temeşvar

* Kazim-beg (1552-1554).

References

*Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.
*Milan Tutorov, Banatska rapsodija, Novi Sad, 2001.

ee also

* Banat
* Banat of Temeswar
* Ottoman Empire

External links

* [http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_1600.html Province of Temeşvar in 1600 - Map]
* [http://www.euratlas.com/travel_time/europe_south_east_1700.html Province of Temeşvar in 1700 - Map]
* [http://www.didactic.ro/files/19/principatele_romanesti_in_sec._xvii.jpgProvince of Temeşvar - Map]
* [http://www.sulinet.hu/eletmod/hogyantovabb/tovabbtanulas/elokeszito/tortenelem/6het/map.jpgProvince of Temeşvar - Map]