Varat Eyalet

Varat Eyalet Eyalet-i Varat Paşalâcul de la Oradea Váradi vilajet Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire ←   ←   ← 1660–1692 → Varat Eyalet in 1683 Capital Varat 47°4′N 21°55′E / 47.067°N 21.917°E / 47.067; 21.917Coordinates: 47°4′N 21°55′E / 47.067°N 21.917°E / 47.067; 21.917 History  - Established 1660  - Disestablished 1692 Today part of Romania, Hungary

Varat Eyalet^{[citation needed]} (also known as Pashaluk of Varat or Province of Varat^[1]) was an administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1660. Varat Eyalet bordered Ottoman Budin Eyalet in the west, Temeşvar Eyalet in the southwest, Egir Eyalet in the northwest, vassal Ottoman Principality of Transylvania in the southeast, and Habsburg Royal Hungary in the north.

History

Varat^[2] (Oradea) was made the seat of an Ottoman governor (beylerbeyi) in 1660.^[3] Before the formation of the Eyalet, its area was mostly part of the vassal Ottoman Principality of Transylvania. Some territories that formerly belonged to Temeşvar Eyalet and Budin Eyalet were also included into Varat Eyalet.

In June 1692 the eyalet was conquered by the Habsburgs,^[3] and was ceded to Austria by Treaty of Carlowitz in 1699. Its territory was subsequently included into Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary and Habsburg Principality of Transylvania.

Administrative divisions

The sanjaks of Varat Eyalet in the 17th century:^[4]

1. Sanjak of Salanta (Salonta)
2. Sanjak of Debreçin (Debrecen)
3. Sanjak of Halmaş (Nagyhalász)
4. Sanjak of Seus Giorgi (?)

See also

• Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire

References

1. ^ The central islamic lands from pre-islamic times to the first world war, Том 2, Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton, Bernard Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 1978, page 352.
2. ^ Materialien zu Evliya Çelebi. 2. A guide to the Seyāhat-nāme of Evliya Çelebi, Jens Peter Laut, Evliya Çelebi, Robert Dankoff, Klaus Kreiser, L. Reichert, 1992, page 61.
3. ^ ^{a b} Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire at Google Books By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters
4. ^ Narrative of travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the ..., Volume 1 at Google Books By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall

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