Eğri Eyalet

Eyālet-i Egīr Egri ejálet Jegarski ejalet
Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
1596–1687
Flag
The Eğri Eyalet in 1609
Capital	Eğri (Hungarian: Eger)
Area
47°53′N 20°22′E / 47.883°N 20.367°E / 47.883; 20.367
History
• Siege of Eger	1596
• Disestablished	1687
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867) Budin Eyalet Habsburg Monarchy
Today part of	Hungary, Slovakia

Eğri Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت اگیر; Eyālet-i Egīr,^[1] Hungarian: Egri vilajet, Serbian: Jegarski ejalet or Јегарски ејалет) or Pashaluk of Eğri was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1596 with its capital at Eğri (Hungarian: Eger). It included parts of present-day Hungary and Slovakia.

The population of the province was ethnically and religiously diverse and included Slovaks and Hungarians (living mainly in the north), Serbs (living mainly in the south), and Muslims of various ethnic origins (living mainly in the cities). Other ethnic communities included Jews and Romani.

Administrative divisions

The province included the following sanjaks:^[2]

1. Sanjak of Eğri (Eger)
2. Sanjak of Segedin (Szeged)
3. Sanjak of Sonluk (Szolnok)
4. Sanjak of Seçen (Szécsény)
5. Sanjak of Hatvan (Hatvan)
6. Sanjak of Novigrad (Nógrád)
7. Sanjak of Filek (Filakovo) (Its center was Rim Sonbat)

References

• Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga 1, Novi Sad, 1990.

See also

• Long War (Ottoman wars)
• Ottoman Hungary
• History of Ottoman Serbia