Morea Eyalet

Eyalet-i Mora Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire ← 1661–1699 1715–1829 → Morea Eyalet Capital Corinth, Nafplion, Tripolitza 37°56′N 22°56′E / 37.933°N 22.933°E / 37.933; 22.933Coordinates: 37°56′N 22°56′E / 37.933°N 22.933°E / 37.933; 22.933 History  - Established 1661  - Disestablished 1829

The Eyalet of the Morea^[1] (Modern Turkish: Mora Eyaleti or Anapoli Kaptanlığı) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. It was located on the Peloponnese Peninsula.

History

The Ottoman Turks overran the Peloponnese between 1458–1460, with the exception of the Venetian strongholds,^[2] which were taken gradually over decades of intermittent Ottoman–Venetian Wars. The peninsula was made a sanjak of the Rumelia Eyalet,^{[citation needed]} with Corinth (Turk. Gördes) as its capital. The Venetians occupied the entire peninsula during the successful Morean War (1684–1699), establishing the "Kingdom of the Morea" (It. Regno di Morea) to rule the country. Venetian rule lasted until the re-establishment of Ottoman control in 1715.

Kapudanlik

The Ottomans re-established a Morea Eyalet, which also included parts of mainland Greece around Nafpaktos and Preveza. Corinth, then Nafplion (Tr. Anaboli) and later Tripolitza (Tr. Trabliçe) were the province's capitals. Throughout the 18th century, Ottoman authority remained relatively solid and opposed only by rebellions in the semi-autonomous Mani Peninsula, the southernmost part of the Peloponnese, and the activities of the bands of the klephts. The Russian-instigated Orlov Revolt of 1770 temporarily threatened Ottoman rule, but was quickly and brutally subdued.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of Morea Eyalet in the early 19th century:^[3]

1. Sanjak of Tripolitza
2. Sanjak of Mistra

See also

• Morea

References

1. ^ The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume 2, Part 1 at Google Books By Sir H. A. R. Gibb
2. ^ Kazhdan (1991), p. 1621
3. ^ A system of universal geography: or A description of all the parts of the ... at Google Books By Conrad Malte-Brun, Jean-Jacques-Nicolas Huot

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