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| Eyālet-i Egīr Egri ejálet Jegarski ejalet | |||||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||
| 1596–1687 | |||||||||||
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.png) The Eğri Eyalet in 1609 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Eğri (Hungarian: Eger) | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 47°53′N20°22′E / 47.883°N 20.367°E /47.883; 20.367 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 1596 | |||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1687 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Hungary,Slovakia | ||||||||||
Eğri Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish:ایالت اگیر; Eyālet-i Egīr,[1]Hungarian:Egri vilajet,Serbian:Jegarski ejalet or Јегарски ејалет) orPashaluk of Eğri was an administrative territorial entity of theOttoman Empire formed in 1596 with its capital atEğri (Hungarian: Eger). It included parts of present-dayHungary andSlovakia.
The population of the province was ethnically and religiously diverse and includedSlovaks andHungarians (living mainly in the north),Serbs (living mainly in the south), andMuslims of various ethnic origins (living mainly in the cities). Other ethnic communities includedJews andRomani.
The province included the following sanjaks:[2]
