Rumelia Eyalet

Eyalet-i Rumili
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
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 1362–1826 →
Rumelia Eyalet in 1609
Capital Sofia, Monastir[1]
History
 - Established 1362
 - Disestablished 1826
Today part of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey

The eyalet of Rumeli or eyalet of Rumelia (Modern Turkish: Rumeli Eyaleti or Rumili Eyaleti ), also known as Rumeli Beylerbeyliği was a eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The capital was in Adrianople (Edirne), Monastir (Bitola) and Sofia. Its reported area in the 19th century was 48,119 square miles (124,630 km2).[2]

It was formed during the reign of Murad I as the first Beylerbeylik of the Ottoman Empire.[3] The first beylerbey was Lala Shahin Pasha.

Contents

Government

Organisation of the eyalet in the 17th century, from the accounts of Evliya Çelebi: "Rumeili has two Defterdars, one of the treasury office (mal) and of the feudal tenures (timar) a Kehiya of Chavushes, an inspector of the Defter (rolls), a Kehiya of the Defter, an Alai-beg (colonel of the feudal militia); a Cheri-bashi (lieutenant colonel) a Voinok-agha and seven Yuruk-begs".[4]

Governors

Administrative divisions

Administrative division of the beylerbeylik of Rumelia between 1700-1730 were as follows[3]:
  1. Sanjak of Monastir (Paşa Sancaığı , Bitola)
  2. Sanjak of Kyustendil (Köstendil Sancağı , Kyustendil)
  3. Sanjak of Tirhala (Tırhala Sancağı , Trikala)
  4. Sanjak of Ioannina (Yanya Sancağı , Ioannina)
  5. Sanjak of Delvina (Delvine Sancağı , Delvinë)
  6. Sanjak of Elbasan (İlbasan Sancağı , Elbasan)
  7. Sanjak of Scutari (İskenderiyye Sancağı , Shkodër)
  8. Sanjak of Avlona (Avlonya Sancağı , Vlorë)
  9. Sanjak of Ohrida (Ohri Sancağı , Ohrid)
  10. Sanjak of Aladza Hisar (Alaca Hisar Sancağı , Kruševac)
  11. Sanjak of Salonica (Selânik Sancağı , Thessaloniki)
  12. Sanjak of Dukagjin (Dukakin Sancağı , Dukagjin)
  13. Sanjak of Prizren (Prizrin Sancağı , Prizren)
  14. Sanjak of Skopje (Üsküb Sancağı, Skopje)
  15. Sanjak of Vucitrn (Vulçıtrin Sancağı , Vučitrn)
  16. Sanjak of Voynuks (Voynugân Sancağı , )
  17. Sanjak of Chingenes (Çengân Sancağı , )
  18. Sanjak of Yoruks (Yörükân Sancağı , )
 Sanjaks in the early 19th century:[9]
  1. Sanjak of Monastir
  2. Sanjak of Selanik
  3. Sanjak of Tirhala or Trikala
  4. Sanjak of Scutari or Iskenderiye or Scutari
  5. Sanjak of Okhri or Okhrida
  6. Sanjak of Avlona or Valona
  7. Sanjak of Güstendil
  8. Sanjak of Elbasan or Il-bessan
  9. Sanjak of Prizren or Perserin
  10. Sanjak of Dukagjin
  11. Sanjak of Skopje or Uskub or Scopi
  12. Sanjak of Delvina or Delonia or Delvino
  13. Sanjak of Wuljterin
  14. Sanjak of Kavala
  15. Sanjak of Alaja-hisar
  16. Sanjak of Ioannina or Janina

Territorial evolution

Wholly or partly annexed to the Eyalet

Created from the Eyalet

References

  1. ^ Commercial statistics: A digest of the productive resources, commercial... By John Macgregor at Google Books
  2. ^ The Popular encyclopedia: or, conversations lexicon, Volume 6 at Google Books
  3. ^ 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. 91. (Turkish)
  4. ^ Narrative of travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the ..., Volume 1 at Google Books By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
  5. ^ Smailagic, Nerkez (1990) (in Croatian), Leksikon Islama, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, p. 514, ISBN 9788601018136, OCLC 25241734, http://es.scribd.com/doc/39442123/LEKSIKON-ISLAMA-Nerkez-Smailagi%C4%87, retrieved 28. December 2011, "Sjedište beglerbega Rumelije ...prvi namjesnik, Lala Šahin-paša,..." 
  6. ^ Smailagic, Nerkez (1990) (in Croatian), Leksikon Islama, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, p. 514, ISBN 9788601018136, OCLC 25241734, http://es.scribd.com/doc/39442123/LEKSIKON-ISLAMA-Nerkez-Smailagi%C4%87, retrieved 28. December 2011, "God.1385.kao beglerbeg se javlja Timurtaš-beg,,..." 
  7. ^ Babinger, Franz (1992), Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time, Princeton University Press, p. 25, ISBN 9780691010786, http://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC&pg=PA25&dq=battle+of+Zlatitsa&hl=en&ei=i8XsTdOcAs7usgbUstTnCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=battle%20of%20Zlatitsa&f=false, "Here Kasim Bey, then governor of Rumelia,...." 
  8. ^ Viktor Novak, ed (1971). Istoriski časopis, Volumes 18-19. Srpska akademija nauka. Istoriski institut. p. 312. http://books.google.com/books?ei=yF9wToS7BtDMswaUppiMBw&ct=result&id=To9pAAAAMAAJ&dq=%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA+%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0&q=%22+%D0%BC%D1%83+%D1%98%D0%B5+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%9F%D0%B0%D0%BA+%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0+%22#search_anchor. Retrieved 14 September 2011. "...али су га Црногорци потукли на Цареву Лазу. Зато је, средином 1712, поново враћен под Хотин. Крајем исте године додељен му је санџак Валона, а затим Јањина и Скадар. Крајвм 1714. премештен је за румелијског беглербега" 
  9. ^ The Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 25 at Google Books — by George Long, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
 
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