Dulkadir Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت ذو القادریه / دولقادر, romanizedEyālet-i Ẕū l-Ḳādirīye / Ḍūlḳādir)[2] or Marash Eyalet (Turkish: Maraş Eyaleti) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire.

Maraş Eyaleti
Eyalet of Ottoman Empire
c. 1527–1864
Flag of Dulkadir Eyalet
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The Dulkadir Eyalet in 1609
CapitalMarash[1]
History 
• Established
c. 1527
• Disestablished
1864
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Dulkadirids
Aleppo Vilayet
Diyarbekir Vilayet

History

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The Dulkadirids were the last of the Anatolian 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 historian Ibn 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 a beylerbey. The province was described as vilayet, a region instead of an eyalet, by the 1526 icmal defter. A record, thought to be from 1527, listed Marash as part of Karaman Eyalet, while Bozok belonged to Rum Eyalet. Dulkadir Eyalet was likely established shortly after the grand vizier Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha extinguished the Kalenderoghlu revolt the same year and took administrative precautions to maintain order in the realm. Historian Celalzade [tr] attests to the beylerbey of Dulkadir in Tabakātü'l-memâlik in 1538.[4]

Administrative divisions

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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

Demographics

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In the early 16th century, a significant portion of the province's population was composed of nomadic Turkmens of the Dulkadir tribe. According to the 1526 icmal 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, 64 kishlaks (winter pastures), and 35 yaylaks (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 sworded timars and 5500 levy. During the 17th century, it increased to 2869 sworded timar and 6800 levy.[4]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Macgregor, John (1850). Commercial statistics. A digest of the productive resources, commercial legislation, customs tariffs, of all nations. Including all British commercial treaties with foreign states. Whittaker and co. p. 12. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ^ Gábor Ágoston; Bruce Alan Masters (1 January 2009). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Şahin 1994, pp. 552–553.
  5. ^ Gündüz 2001, pp. 192–196.
  6. ^ Peirce 2003, p. 28.
  7. ^ Peirce 2003, p. 27.
  8. ^ Açıkel 2008, pp. 225–226.
  9. ^ Ünlü 2020, p. 270.
  10. ^ a b c Bilgili 2011, pp. 111–114.
  11. ^ a b Göğebakan 2003, pp. 468–473.

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