| Eyâlet-i Rûmiyye-i Suğra / Eyâlet-i Sivas | |||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1398–1864 | |||||||||
.png) The Eyalet of Sivas in 1609 | |||||||||
| Capital | Tokat,Amasya,Sivas[1] | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1398 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
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TheEyalet of Rûm (Ottoman Turkish:ایالت روم;Eyālet-i Rūm;[2] originallyArabic forEastern Roman Empire), later named as theEyalet of Sivas (Ottoman Turkish:ایالت سیواس;Eyālet-i Sīvās),[2] was aneyalet of theOttoman Empire in northernAnatolia, founded followingBayezid I's conquest of the area in the 1390s. The capital was the city ofTokat, which was then moved toAmasya and later toSivas.[citation needed] Its reported area in the 19th century was 28,912 square miles (74,880 km2).[3]
Rûm was the oldSeljuk Turkish designation for Anatolia, referring to theEastern Roman Empire, and in European texts as late as the 19th century the word Rûm (or Roum) was used to denote the whole of central Anatolia, not just the smaller area comprising the Ottoman province (seeSultanate of Rum).[citation needed]
In the 14th century several autonomous towns (Amasya,Tokat,Sivas) were established, despite the continuedSeljukid-Mongol rule in centralAsia Minor.[4]
When theIlkhanid rulerEbu Said died in 1335, administration of Asia Minor was entrusted to his former governorEretna Bey, aUyghur. Eretna Bey ultimately declared independence, seeking the protection of theMamluks, who were rivals of the Ilkhanids.[4] He captured the area around Sivas-Kayseri, eventually establishing anemirate of Eretna, which grew stronger during the rule of his son,Mehmed Bey.[4]
In 1381Kadı Burhaneddin akadı in Kayseri who was also appointed vizier to represent the emirate of Eretna in that town, replaced the Eretnid as ruler of Sivas and also captured Amasya and Tokat.[4] His principality managed to resist interference in central Anatolia from both theAkkoyunlus and the Ottomans until it collapsed with his death in 1398.[4]
According toEvliya Çelebi, the eyalet of Sivas had the following sanjaks in the 17th century:[5]
The eyalet of Sivas consisted of seven sanjaks between 1700 and 1740:[6]
