Karaman Eyalet

{{Short description|Administrative division of the Ottoman Empire from 1483 to 1864}}

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|native_name = ایالت قره‌مان
Eyālet-i Ḳaraman

|common_name = Karaman Eyalet

|subdivision = Eyalet

|nation = the Ottoman Empire

|year_start = 1483

|year_end = 1864

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|p1 = Karamanids

|s1 = Konya Vilayet

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|image_map = Karaman Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (1609).png

|image_map_caption = The Karaman Eyalet in 1609

|capital = Konya (1483–1522), (1562–1864),{{Google books|-70sAQAAIAAJ|Commercial statistics: A digest of the productive resources, commercial... By John Macgregor|page=12}} Kayseri (1522–1562)

|today = Turkey

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Karaman Eyalet ({{langx|ota|ایالت قره‌مان|Eyālet-i Ḳaraman}}){{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 one of the subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was {{convert|30463|sqmi|km2}}.{{Google books|zSNUAAAAYAAJ|The Popular encyclopedia: or, conversations lexicon, Volume 6|page=698}}

In 1468, the formerly independent principality of Karaman was annexed by the Ottomans; Mehmed II appointed his son Mustafa as governor of the new eyalet, with his seat at Konya.{{cite web|last=Imber |first=Colin |title=The Ottoman Empire, 1300–1650: The Structure of Power |url=http://www.fatih.edu.tr/~ayasar/HIST236/Colin%20_Imber.pdf |year=2002 |pages=179 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726115700/http://www.fatih.edu.tr/~ayasar/HIST236/Colin%20_Imber.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-26 }}

Administrative divisions

The eyalet consisted of seven sanjaks between 1700 and 1740:Orhan Kılıç, XVII. Yüzyılın İlk Yarısında Osmanlı Devleti'nin Eyalet ve Sancak Teşkilatlanması, Osmanlı, Cilt 6: Teşkilât, Yeni Türkiye Yayınları, Ankara, 1999, {{ISBN|975-6782-09-9}}, p. 93. {{in lang|tr}} Konya, Niğde, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Beyşehir, Aksaray, and Akşehir.

='''Eyalet History'''=

The area covered by the Karaman Beylerbeylik in the 17th century was 78.518 ^km2 . According to today's Republic of Turkey administrative structure, it covered 6 provinces. These are Konya, Aksaray, Niğde, Kayseri, Nevşehir and Kırşehir. In 1468, it had six sanjaks, namely Konya Pasha Sanjak, Beyşehir, Aksaray, İçil (except for 1845-1887 when Ermenek was the center, its center was Silifke), Niğde and Kayseri. Akşehir Sanjak was established in 1518. In 1527, Karaman province; It consisted of the sanjaks of Konya, Kayseri, İçil, Niğde, Beyşehri, Aksaray and Maraş. In 1554, Kırşehri, which was a district of Bozok Sanjak of the Rum Province, was made a sanjak and connected to here. {{Web source |url= http://www.konurkasabasi.com/date.htm |title= Konur Town |accessdate= March 24, 2010 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100426160231/http://www.konurkasabasi.com/date.htm |archivedate= April 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }} In 1571, the province was divided into 7 sanjaks. These were Konya, Niğde, Kayseri, Aksaray, Akşehir, Beyşehri and Kırşehri. In the same year, İçil sanjak was attached to Cyprus Province'. In 1839, Kayseri sanjak was attached to Bozok Province, the center of which was Yozgat. With the Provincial Organization Regulation accepted in 1864, its name became Konya Province.

Karaman Eyalet

Administrative divisions

='''Eyalet History'''=

References

See also