The Kanije Eyalet ( ota, ایالت قنیژه; Eyālet-i Ḳanije
) was an administrative territorial entity of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
formed in 1600 and existing until the 1699
Treaty of Karlowitz
The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed in Karlowitz, Military Frontier of Archduchy of Austria (present-day Sremski Karlovci, Serbia), on 26 January 1699, concluding the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated by th ...
. It included parts of present-day
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
and
Croatia
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, anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
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History
The province of Kanije was established in 1600 after the town of
Kanije
Nagykanizsa (; hr, Velika Kaniža/Velika Kanjiža, or just ''Kaniža/Kanjiža''; german: Großkirchen, Groß-Kanizsa; it, Canissa; sl, Velika Kaniža; tr, Kanije), known colloquially as Kanizsa, is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southw ...
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[ By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters] (which had been expanded as a result of the Ottoman territorial gains during the
Long War)
[ By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters] and
Bosnia Province.
[ ] 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
The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed in Karlowitz, Military Frontier of Archduchy of Austria (present-day Sremski Karlovci, Serbia), on 26 January 1699, concluding the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated by th ...
in 1699.
Administrative divisions
References
See also
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Long War (Ottoman wars)
The Long Turkish War or Thirteen Years' War was an indecisive land war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, primarily over the Principalities of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia. It was waged from 1593 to 1606 but in Euro ...
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Ottoman Hungary
Ottoman Hungary ( hu, Török hódoltság) was the southern and central parts of what had been the Kingdom of Hungary in the late medieval period, which were conquered and ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1541 to 1699. The Ottoman rule covered ...
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Ottoman Croatia
At the time of the Roman Empire, the area of modern Croatia comprised two Roman provinces, Pannonia and Dalmatia. After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, the area was subjugated by the Ostrogoths for 50 years, bef ...
{{Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman period in Hungary
Ottoman period in the history of Croatia
Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
States and territories established in 1600
1600 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1690 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire