Kanije Eyalet
{{Short description|Administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1600 to 1690}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|native_name = Kanije Eyalet
{{native name|ota|ایالت قنیژه}}
{{native name|hu|Kanizsai ejálet}}
{{native name|hr|Kaniški ejalet}}
|common_name = Kanije Eyalet
|subdivision = Eyalet
|nation = the Ottoman Empire
|year_start = 1600
|year_end = 1690
|p1 = Habsburg Monarchy
|flag_p1 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg
|p2 = Zigetvar Eyalet
|flag_p2 = Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg
|s1 = Habsburg Monarchy
|flag_s1 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg
|image_flag =
|flag_type =
|image_coat =
|image_map = Kanije_Eyalet,_Central_europe_1683.png
|image_map_caption = The Kanije Eyalet in 1683
|capital = Kanije ({{langx|hu|Kanizsa}}, modern Nagykanizsa)
|coordinates = {{Coord|46|27|N|16|59|E|display=inline,title}}
}}
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The Kanije Eyalet ({{langx|ota|ایالت قنیژه; Eyālet-i Ḳanije}}{{cite web|title=Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire|url=http://www.geonames.de/coutr-ota-provinces.html|publisher=Geonames.de|access-date=25 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928180044/http://www.geonames.de/coutr-ota-provinces.html|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=dead}}) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1600 and existing until the 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz. It included parts of present-day Hungary and Croatia
History
The province of Kanije was established in 1600 after the town of Kanije was captured from Habsburgs. This newly conquered area was joined with territory of Zigetvar Province, which was formed in 1596 from some sanjaks of Budin Province{{Google books|QjzYdCxumFcC|page=96|Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire}} By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters (which had been expanded as a result of the Ottoman territorial gains during the Long War){{Google books|QjzYdCxumFcC|page=256|Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire}} By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters and Bosnia Province.[https://www.scribd.com/doc/7528328/Hasii-AsmirSlavonija-u-sastavu-Osmanskog-carstva Asmir Hasičić, Slavonija u sastavu Osmanskog carstva, Sarajevo, 2004.]{{cite web |url=http://www.camo.ch/bosanski_pasaluk.htm |title=::: BOSANSKI PASALUK - beglerbegluk ili ejalet ::: |website=www.camo.ch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228223801/http://www.camo.ch/bosanski_pasaluk.htm |archive-date=2007-02-28}} The Kanije Eyalet existed until the capture of Kanije by Habsburg Monarchy in 1690. It was formally ceded to Habsburg Monarchy by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699.
Administrative divisions
References
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