Eğri Eyalet

Eyālet-i Egīr
Egri ejálet
Jegarski ejalet
Eyālet-i Egīr; Egri ejálet; Jegarski ejalet
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1596–1687
	Flag
	; Eğri Eyalet in 1609
Capital	Eğri (Hungarian: Eger)
Area
• Coordinates	47°53′N 20°22′E / 47.883°N 20.367°E
History
• Siege of Eger	1596
• Disestablished	1687
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867)
	Budin Eyalet
Habsburg Monarchy
Today part of	Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia

Eğri Eyalet (Template:Lang-ota,^[1] Template:Lang-hu, Template:Lang-sr) 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, Slovakia and Serbia.

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]

Sanjak of Eğri (Eger)
Sanjak of Segedin (Szeged)
Sanjak of Sonluk (Szolnok)
Sanjak of Seçen (Szécsény)
Sanjak of Hatvan (Hatvan)
Sanjak of Novigrad (Nograd)
Sanjak of Filek (Filakovo) (Its center was Rim Sonbat)

References

^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ 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.

Administrative divisions

References

See also