Van Eyalet
Administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1548 to 1864
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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]
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| ایالت وان Eyalet-i Van | |||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1548–1864 | |||||||||
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| The Eyalet of Van in 1609 | |||||||||
| Capital | Van[1] | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1548 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Turkey Iran | ||||||||
It included territory in Western Armenia (now the Eastern Anatolia region in Turkey) 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, Şirvan )
- 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)
The Sanjaks of Bitlis, Hakkâri, Mahmûdî and Somay (also called Pinyanişi) had ziamet and timar in the 17th century.[5]
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