Eğri Eyalet

Eğri Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت اگیر; Eyālet-i Egīr‎,[1] Hungarian: Egri ejálet, Serbian: Jegarski ejalet or Јегарски ејалет) or Pashaluk of Eğri was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1596 with its capital at Eğri (Hungarian: Eger). It included parts of present-day Hungary and Slovakia.

Eyālet-i Egīr
Egri ejálet
Jegarski ejalet
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1596–1687
Flag

The Eğri Eyalet in 1609
CapitalEğri (Hungarian: Eger)
Area
 • Coordinates47°53′N 20°22′E
History 
1596
• Disestablished
1687
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867)
Budin Eyalet
Habsburg Monarchy
Today part ofHungary, Slovakia

The population of the province was ethnically and religiously diverse and included Slovaks and Hungarians (living mainly in the north), Serbs (living mainly in the south), and Muslims of various ethnic origins (living mainly in the cities). Other ethnic communities included Jews and Romani.

Administrative divisions

The province included the following sanjaks:[2]

  1. Sanjak of Eğri (Eger)
  2. Sanjak of Segedin (Szeged)
  3. Sanjak of Sonluk (Szolnok)
  4. Sanjak of Seçen (Szécsény)
  5. Sanjak of Hatvan (Hatvan)
  6. Sanjak of Novigrad (Nograd)
  7. Sanjak of Filek (Filakovo) (Its center was Rim Sonbat)

References
  1. "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/dergiler/19/1267/14566.pdf Macaristan'da Osmanlı Hakimiyetinin ve İdari Teşkilatının Kuruluşu ve Gelişmesi, Sadık Müfit Bilge
  • Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.

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