Talk:Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
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A better map would be nice. – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 15:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
The Ottoman Empire was hardly at the height of its power in 1831. --The Phoenix 06:42, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
The provincial administration of the Ottoman Empire changed as the wars, the conquests of lands and later territorial losses occurred. So to state one list of Beylerbeylik (governor-generalship or province) does not give a clear picture of the provincial administration of an Empire that has lasted from 1300 to 1924. To state 'at the height of power' is again is very controversial. Was it in 15th Century or 16th Century or even 17th Century?
The following summary table, although not perfect and not fully informative, is the list of Beylerbeylik (Province governed by a Beylerbeyi) of the Ottoman state 'at the height of its power at the end of 16. Century'.
| Beylerbeylik | Capital | Date of Conquest | Date of Formation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumeli | Edirne; later Sofia and Monastir | 1361 -1385 | c 1362 |
| Anadolu | Ankara and Kutahya | 1354-1391 | 1393 |
| Rum | Amasya and Sivas | 1392-1397 | 1413 |
| Trabzon | Trabzon | 1461 | c1578 |
| Bosna | Sarajevo | 1463 | 1580 |
| Karaman | Konya | 1468-1474 | 1468-1512 |
| Kefe | Caffa | 1475 | 1568 |
| Dulkadir | Maras | 1515 | 1522 |
| Erzurum | Erzurum | 1514 | 1533 |
| Diyarbekir | Diyarbekir | 1515 | 1515 |
| Musul | Musul | c1516 | 1535 |
| Halep | Aleppo | 1516 | 1516 |
| Sam | Damascus | 1516 | 1517-1520 |
| Trablus-Sam | Tripoli (Lebanon) | 1516 | c1570 |
| Misir (Egypt) | Cairo | 1517 | 1517-1522 |
| Yemen | Zabid, Sana | 1517-1538 | 1540 |
| Cezair-i Bahri Sefid | Gelibolu | 1354-1522 | 1533 |
| Cezair-Garb | Algiers | 1516 | 1533 |
| Kars | Kars | 1534 | 1580 |
| Bagdad | Baghdad | 1534 | 1535 |
| Van | Van | 1533 | 1548 |
| Tunus | Tunis | 1534 | c1573 |
| Basra | Basra | 1538-1546 | 1546 |
| Lahsa | al-Katif | c1550 | 1555 |
| Budin | Buda | 1526-1541 | 1541 |
| Trablus-Garb | Tripoli (Libya) | 1551 | 1552 |
| Timesvar | Temesvar | 1552 | 1552 |
| Sehrizor | Sherizor | 1534 | ? |
| Habes (Ethiopia) | Suakin and Cidda | 1555-1557 | 1557 |
| Kibris | Nicosia | 1570 | 1570 |
| Cildir | Cildir | 1578 | 1578 |
| Rakka | Ruha | 1517 | c1600 |
There were also number of autonomous provinces, whose ruler was a hereditary 'head' and whose revenues also belonged to that 'head'. There were two different types of vassal autonomous provinces:
- Christian vassal states: Moldavia (Bogdan), Wallachia (Eflak), Transylvania (Erdel), Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Georgia and Circassia. Sometime in 17. century the Cossack Hetman.
- Muslim principalities: Khanate of Crimea and Sherifate of Mecca. For a time the following frontier provinces also were governed as autonomous Moslem principalities: Gilan, Trablus-Garb, Tunus, Cezayir.
[edit] more
- Wasn't the vylayet of Silistra a province too? [anonymous] - yes it was : Silistire/Silistra*, 1812 - 1864 (now Bulgaria) Fastifex 08:14, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- please more info is needed how ethiopia become one of the province of ottoman empire, the name of the capital city and who was the ruler of ethiopia at the time? --207.200.116.10 00:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- it turns out the term only refers to Eritrea, which was shortly wrested from the Abessinian orthodox empire, not that major Ethipian state. Quite interesting (e.g. Turkish names) seems this German-language specialised site I consulted for moth answers: osmanischesreich.com Fastifex 08:14, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Map needed.
This whole thing seems odd and vauge without a map. Zazaban 18:48, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, the map is terrible, impossible to read, and only shows cities, not provinces. We don't need massive detail, just an area map that shows one or two cities. See Kosovo_Province, Ottoman Empire for a decent example. A sequence of vali or governors would be nice too, so people studying this history can tell what the heck is going on. Why do these provinces given in the table above have a different name (beylerbeylik) than "vilayet"? None of the articles on this subject are very coherent with each other. 216.231.46.147 01:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, when I made the comment there was no map. Zazaban 03:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Rumelia Vilayet was in Manasdır
The vilayet of Rumelia was in Manasdır (or Bitola). But it did not covered today's Turkey .look at vilayet-i selase. Plaese be correct.--3210 16:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
