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Administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1580 to 1875
The Eyalet of Kars
[2] (
Ottoman Turkish : ایالت قارص ,
romanized : Eyālet-i Ḳarṣ )
[3] was an
eyalet (province) of the
Ottoman Empire . Its reported area in the 19th century was 6,212 square miles (16,090 km2 ).
[4]
The town of
Kars , which had been levelled to the ground by the
Timur in 1368, was rebuilt as an Ottoman fortress in 1579 (1580 according to other sources) by
Lala Mustafa Pasha , and became capital of an eyalet of six sanjaks and also a place of pilgrimage.
[5] It was conquered by
Shah Abbas in 1604 and rebuilt by the Turks in 1616.
[5]
The size of the Kars garrison in 1640s was 1,002 Janissaries and 301 local recruits. Total 1,303 garrison.
[6]
Administrative divisions
Sanjaks of Kars Eyalet in the 17th century:
[7]
Little Erdehan Sanjak (
Göle )
Hujujan Sanjak (
Çıldır )
Zarshad Sanjak (
Arpaçay )
Kechran Sanjak (
Tunçkaya (Keçivan) )
Kaghizman Sanjak (
Kağızman )
Kars Sanjak , the seat of the Pasha
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b
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