Varat Eyalet (also known as Pashaluk of Varat or Province of Varat;The central islamic lands from pre-islamic times to the first world war, Том 2, Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton, Bernard Lewis, Cambridge University Press, 1978, page 352. ) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed in 1660. Varat Eyalet bordered Ottoman Budin Eyalet in the west, Temeşvar Eyalet in the southwest, Egir Eyalet in the northwest, vassal Ottoman Principality of Transylvania in the southeast, and Habsburg Royal Hungary in the north.
History VaratMaterialien zu Evliya Çelebi. 2. A guide to the Seyāhat-nāme of Evliya Çelebi, Jens Peter Laut, Evliya Çelebi, Robert Dankoff, Klaus Kreiser, L. Reichert, 1992, page 61. (now Oradea) was made the seat of an Ottoman governor (Beylerbey) in 1660. Before the formation of the Eyalet, the land was mostly part of the Ottoman vassal Principality of Transylvania which established by the Treaty of Speyer in 1570 as the predecessor state of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom. Some territories that formerly belonged to Temeşvar Eyalet and Egir Eyalet were also included into Varat Eyalet.
In June 1692, the territory was conquered by the Habsburg armies, and was formally annexed to the Habsburg Empire under the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters The territory of the former Ottoman eyalet was therefore included into the Habsburg-ruled Kingdom of Hungary and Principality of Transylvania.
Administrative divisions The sanjaks of Varat Eyalet in the 17th century: By Evliya Çelebi, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall Sanjak of Varat (Oradea) Sanjak of Salanta (Salonta) Sanjak of Debreçin (Debrecen) Sanjak of Halmaş (Nagyhalász) Sanjak of Şenköy (Sâniob)
See also Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
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