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Administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1548 to 1864
The Van Eyalet (
Ottoman Turkish : ایالت وان ,
romanized : Eyālet-i Vān )
[2] was an
eyalet of the
Ottoman Empire . The capital was
Van . It was formed in 1548 as one of the
Beylerbeyliks of the Ottoman Empire.
[3] Its reported area in the 19th century was 9,616 square miles (24,910 km2 ).
[4]
It included territory in
Eastern Anatolia , as well as a small part of present-day
Iran (the
Sanjak of Sero , today in
Urmia County ).
Administrative divisions
Administrative division of the beylerbeylik of Van between 1680 and 1702 were as follows:
[3]
Sanjak of Van (Paşa Sancağı ,
Van )
Government of Bitlis (Bitlis Hükûmeti ,
Bitlis )
Government of Hizan (Hizan Hükûmeti ,
Hizan )
Government of Hakkâri (Hakkâri Hükûmeti ,
Hakkâri )
Government of Hoşab (or Mahmûdî, Hoşab Hükûmeti ,
Güzelsu )
Sanjak of Karkar (Kârkâr Sancağı ,
Daldere )
Sanjak of Zeriki (Zeriki Sancağı ,
Sarıca )
Sanjak of Şırvî (Şırvî Sancağı , )
Sanjak of Müküs (Müküs Sancağı ,
Bahçesaray )
Sanjak of Şıtak (Şıtak Sancağı ,
Çatak )
Sanjak of Albak (Albak Sancağı ,
Başkale )
Sanjak of Ispaghird (Espayrid Sancağı ,
Sürücüler )
Sanjak of Erdjish or Arjis (Erciş Sancağı ,
Erciş )
Sanjak of Keshan (Késan Sancağı ,
Ergeçidi )
Sanjak of Adil Djevaz (Adilcevâz Sancağı ,
Adilcevaz )
Sanjak of Aghakis (Ağakis Sancağı ,
Göllü )
Sanjak of Bargeri (Bargiri Sancağı ,
Muradiye )
Sanjak of Diyadin (Diyadin Sancağı ,
Diyadin )
Sanjak of Somay (Somay Sancağı ,
Sero )
Sanjak of Harun (Harûn Sancağı ,
Güzelkonak )
References
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Commercial statistics: A digest of the productive resources, commercial... By John Macgregor , p. 12, at
Google Books
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"Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire" . Geonames.de. Archived from
the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013 .
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a
b Orhan Kılıç, XVII. Yüzyılın İlk Yarısında Osmanlı Devleti'nin Eyalet ve Sancak Teşkilatlanması, Osmanlı , Cilt 6: Teşkilât, Yeni Türkiye Yayınları, Ankara, 1999,
ISBN
975-6782-09-9 , p. 98. (in Turkish)
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The Popular encyclopedia: or, conversations lexicon, Volume 6 , p. 698, at
Google Books
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