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(Redirected from Egri Province, Ottoman Empire) 1596–1687 Ottoman province in Hungary and Slovakia
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Eyālet-i Egīr
Egri ejálet
Jegarski ejalet
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1596–1687
Flag of Eğri Eyalet Flag

The Eğri Eyalet in 1609
CapitalEğri (Hungarian: Eger)
Area
 • Coordinates47°53′N 20°22′E / 47.883°N 20.367°E / 47.883; 20.367
History 
• Siege of Eger 1596
• Disestablished 1687
Preceded by Succeeded by
Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867)
Budin Eyalet
Habsburg Monarchy
Today part ofHungary, Slovakia

Eğri Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت اگیر; Eyālet-i Egīr, Hungarian: Egri vilajet, 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.

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:

  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 (Nógrád)
  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 28 September 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.

See also

Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire
c. 1365 – 1867 (eyalets)
Africa
Anatolia
Europe
Levant
Arabia
Mesopotamia
1867–1922 (vilayets and mutasarrıfates)
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Anatolia
Europe
Levant
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