Basra Eyalet
Administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1538 to 1862
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Basra Eyalet (Arabic: إيالة البصرة, Ottoman Turkish: ایالت بصره, romanized: Eyālet-i Baṣrâ)[1] was an eyalet in Ottoman Iraq of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was 9,872 square miles (25,570 km2).[2] It had a Defterdar and Kehiya of the Chavushes but neither Alai-beg nor Cheribashi because there were no ziamets or Timars, the lands being all rented by the governor.[3]
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Iraq| Arabic: إيالة البصرة Ottoman Turkish: ایالت بصره | |||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1538–1862 | |||||||||
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| The Basra Eyalet in 1609 | |||||||||
| Capital | Basra | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1538 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1862 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Iraq | ||||||||
History
Basra had formerly a hereditary government (mulkiat), but it was reduced to an ordinary eyalet when conquered by Sultan Mehmed IV.[3] In 1534, when the Ottomans captured Baghdad, Rashid al-Mughamis, the Bedouin emir who then controlled Basra, submitted to Ottomans.[4] Basra became an Ottoman province in 1538,[5] and an Ottoman governor was appointed by 1546.[4] The eyalet was later subordinated to Baghdad during the Mamluk dynasty of Iraq, and was separated from Baghdad again from 1850 to 1862.[6]
Administrative divisions
The eyalet of Basra consisted of the following sanjaks in 1702:[7]
- Sanjak of Basra (Seat of the Pasha)
- Sanjak of Kıyab
- Sanjak of Badiye
- Sanjak of Sabusne, Gaffât, Mensûr and Batna
- Sanjak of Seremle
- Sanjak of Şuş
- Sanjak of Gazan, Resle and Safiyye
- Sanjak of Ceğar
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