Varat Eyalet

Varat Eyalet (also known as Pashaluk of Varat or Province of Varat;^[1] Ottoman Turkish: ایالت وارد; Eyālet-i Vārad)^[2] was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1660. Varat Eyalet bordered Ottoman Budin Eyalet in the west, Temeşvar Eyalet in the southwest, Egir Eyalet in the northwest, vassal Ottoman Principality of Transylvania in the southeast, and Habsburg Royal Hungary in the north.

Varat Eyalet Eyalet-i Varat Pașalâcul de la Oradea Váradi vilajet
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1660–1692
The Varat Eyalet in 1683
Capital	Varat
Area
• Coordinates	47°4′N 21°55′E / 47.067°N 21.917°E / 47.067; 21.917
History
• Established	1660
• Disestablished	1692
Preceded by Succeeded by Ottoman Principality of Transylvania Temeşvar Eyalet Egir Eyalet Habsburg Monarchy
Today part of	Romania, Hungary

History

Varat^[3] (Oradea) was made the seat of an Ottoman governor (beylerbeyi) in 1660.^[4] Before the formation of the Eyalet, its area was mostly part of the vassal Ottoman Principality of Transylvania. Some territories that formerly belonged to Temeşvar Eyalet and Egir Eyalet were also included into Varat Eyalet.

In June 1692 the eyalet was conquered by the Habsburgs,^[4] and was ceded to Austria by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. Its territory was subsequently included into Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary and Habsburg Principality of Transylvania.

Administrative divisions

The sanjaks of Varat Eyalet in the 17th century:^[5]

1. Sanjak of Varat (Oradea)
2. Sanjak of Salanta (Salonta)
3. Sanjak of Debreçin (Debrecen)
4. Sanjak of Halmaş (Nagyhalász)
5. Sanjak of Şenköy (Sâniob)

See also

• Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire

References

1. The central islamic lands from pre-islamic times to the first world war, Том 2, Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton, Bernard Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 1978, page 352.
2. "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
3. Materialien zu Evliya Çelebi. 2. A guide to the Seyāhat-nāme of Evliya Çelebi, Jens Peter Laut, Evliya Çelebi, Robert Dankoff, Klaus Kreiser, L. Reichert, 1992, page 61.
4. Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, p. 24, at Google Books By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters
5. Narrative of travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the ..., Volume 1, p. 92, at Google Books By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall

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