Mosul Eyalet

Mûsil Eyalet-i Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire ← 1517–1864 → Mosul Eyalet in 1609 Capital Mosul[1] History  - Established 1517  - Disestablished 1864 Today part of  Iraq

Mosul Eyalet was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was 7,832 square miles (20,280 km²).^[2] The eyalet was largely inhabited by Kurds.^[3]

History

Sultan Selim I defeated the army of Shah Ismail at the Battle of Çaldiran, but it wasn't until 1517 that Ottoman armies gained control of Mosul, which remainded a a frontier garrison city until the 1534 capture of Baghdad.^[4] Mosul then became one of three Ottoman administrative territorial units of ‘Irāk. ^[5]

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of Mosul Eyalet in the 17th century:^[6]

1. Sanjak of Bajwanli
2. Sanjak of Tekrit
3. Sanjak of Eski Mosul Nineveh
4. Sanjak of Hard

See also

• List of Emirs of Mosul#Wallis of Mosul

References

1. ^ Commercial statistics: A digest of the productive resources, commercial... By John Macgregor at Google Books
2. ^ The Popular encyclopedia: or, conversations lexicon, Volume 6 at Google Books
3. ^ British Relations with Iraq BBC History
4. ^ Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire at Google Books By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters
5. ^ Nagendra Kr Singh (1 September 2002). International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.. pp. 15–18. ISBN 9788126104031. http://books.google.com/books?id=USLYo85J5-QC&pg=PA15. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
6. ^ Narrative of travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the ..., Volume 1 at Google Books By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall

Vilayets (1864–1922)
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Vassals and autonomies
Cossack Hetmanate · Cretan State · Crimean Khanate · Khedivate of Egypt · Principality of Moldavia · Sharifate of Mecca · Republic of Ragusa · Eastern Rumelia · Principality of Samos · Serbian Despotate · Duchy of Syrmia · Principality of Transylvania · Tunis Eyalet · Principality of Wallachia

See also the list of short-lived Ottoman provinces