| Maraş Eyaleti | |||||||||||
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| Eyalet of Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||
| c. 1527–1864 | |||||||||||
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.png) The Dulkadir Eyalet in 1609 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Marash[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | c. 1527 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||||
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Dulkadir Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish:ایالت ذو القادریه / دولقادر,romanized: Eyālet-i Ẕū l-Ḳādirīye / Ḍūlḳādir)[2] orMarash Eyalet (Turkish:Maraş Eyaleti) was aneyalet of theOttoman Empire.
TheDulkadirids were the last of theAnatolian emirates to yield to the Ottomans, managing to remain independent until 1521, and were not fully incorporated into the empire until 1530.[3]
It is unclear when the eyalet was formed. Ottoman historianIbn Kemal explained that the territory formerly ruled by Ali was divided into five sanjaks with governors appointed by the central government with no mention of the appointment of abeylerbey. The province was described asvilayet, a region instead of an eyalet, by the 1526icmaldefter. A record, thought to be from 1527, listed Marash as part ofKaraman Eyalet, while Bozok belonged toRum Eyalet. Dulkadir Eyalet was likely established shortly after thegrand vizierPargalı Ibrahim Pasha extinguished the Kalenderoghlu revolt the same year and took administrative precautions to maintain order in the realm. HistorianCelalzade [tr] attests to the beylerbey of Dulkadir inTabakātü'l-memâlik in 1538.[4]
| Sanjaks | Former eyalet | Joined | Left | Later eyalet (or vilayet) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marash | Karaman | c. 1527[4] | 1850 | Adana | Capital sanjak.[5] |
| Aintab | Aleppo[6] | c. 1531 | 1818 | Aleppo[7] | |
| Bozok | Rum | c. 1531 | 1574 | Rum | Sporadically changed hands between Dulkadir and Rum Eyalet until its permanent transfer to the latter by 1574.[8] |
| Uzayr | Damascus | 1534 | 1553 | Aleppo[9] | |
| Tarsus | Aleppo | By 1538[4] | By Dec. 1549 | Karaman[10] | |
| Karaman | By Jan. 1559 | 30 July 1571 | Cyprus[10] | ||
| Sis | 1538–1548[4] | 30 July 1571 | Cyprus[10] | ||
| Malatya | Rum | 1559 | 1559 | Rum[11] | |
| Rum | 1568 | 1839 | Diyarbekir[11] | ||
| Kars | 1568–1574 | Before 1831 | |||
| Samsat | 1568–1574 | After 1831 | |||
| Gerger | 1831 |
In the early 16th century, a significant portion of the province's population was composed of nomadicTurkmens of the Dulkadir tribe. According to the 1526icmal defter, the region consisted of 69,481 households (approximately 350,000 people), 48,665 (about 245,000 people), 18,158, and 2,631 of whom were Dulkadir nomads, settled Muslims, and Christians, respectively. The region included 523 villages, 3412 hamlets, 62 farms, 64kishlaks (winter pastures), and 35yaylaks (summer pastures).[4]
The population of the eyalet increased in 1570–1580, when it housed 113,028 households (approximately 550,000 people), 70,368, 38,497, and 4163 of whom were settled Muslims, nomads, and Christians, respectively. Around those times, the province had 2169 swordedtimars and 5500 levy. During the 17th century, it increased to 2869 sworded timar and 6800 levy.[4]
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