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Podolia Eyalet ( ota, Eyalet-i Kamaniçe) was an eyalet of the
In 1672, the Ottoman army, led by Sultan
During the 27 years of Ottoman rule, Podolia was administered by nine Ottoman pashas:
* Küstendilli Halil (1672–76; 1677–80),
* Arnavut Ibrahim (1676–77)
* Defterdar Ahmed (1680–82)
* Arnavut Abdurrahman (1682–84)
* Tokatlı Mahmud (1684)
* Bozoklu Mustafa (1685–86)
* Sarı Boşnak Hüseyin (1686–88)
* Yegen Ahmed (1688–89)
* Kahraman Mustafa (1689–99)
Podolia under the Ottoman rule, Eyalet-i Kamaniçe 1672-1699
{{Ukrainian historical regions Ottoman period in Ukraine Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe 1672 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1699 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire Podolia
Ottoman Empire
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. Its capital was Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...
( pl, Kamieniec Podolski; ua, Кам’янець-Подільський; tr, Kamaniçe).
History
In 1672, the Ottoman army, led by Sultan Mehmed IV
Mehmed IV ( ota, محمد رابع, Meḥmed-i rābi; tr, IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693) also known as Mehmed the Hunter ( tr, Avcı Mehmed) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the a ...
, captured Kamaniçe after a short siege. The Treaty of Buchach
The Treaty of Buchach was signed on 18 October 1672 in Buczacz (now '' Buchach, Ukraine'') between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, who had been unable to raise a suitable army, on the one side and t ...
confirmed Ottoman control of the city, which became the centre of a new eyalet. The treaty was repudiated by the Polish Diet
The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...
, and war broke out anew.
The Polish campaign proved unsuccessful, and the truce of Żurawno (1676) left Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...
within Ottoman borders. Another Polish-Ottoman war broke out again in 1683. For the next 16 years, Ottoman rule in Podolia generally was limited to the blockaded fortress of Kamianets, held by a garrison of 6,000 soldiers. The other garrisons in Podolia, in Bar
Bar or BAR may refer to:
Food and drink
* Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages
* Candy bar
* Chocolate bar
Science and technology
* Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment
* Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud
* Bar (u ...
, Medzhybizh
Medzhybizh, previously known as Mezhybozhe, population 1,731, (Census 2001) ( uk, Меджибіж, russian: Меджибож, Translit: ''Medzhibozh'', pl, Międzybóż, german: Medschybisch, yi, מעזשביזש, translit. ''Mezhbizh'') is ...
, Jazlivec, and Chortkiv
Chortkiv ( uk, Чортків; pl, Czortków; yi, ''Chortkov'') is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local adminis ...
, barely exceeded 100 soldiers each.
According to the Ottoman provincial budget of 1681, 13 million akçe were spent yearly in the eyalet, primarily for soldiers' pay. Of this amount, less than 3% was collected from Podolia itself, the rest was sent from the central treasury. In 1681, the patriarch of Constantinople appointed the Orthodox metropolitan of Kamianets, named Pankratij.
The fortress was returned to Poland as a result of 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 ...
(1699).
Governors
During the 27 years of Ottoman rule, Podolia was administered by nine Ottoman pashas:
* Küstendilli Halil (1672–76; 1677–80),
* Arnavut Ibrahim (1676–77)
* Defterdar Ahmed (1680–82)
* Arnavut Abdurrahman (1682–84)
* Tokatlı Mahmud (1684)
* Bozoklu Mustafa (1685–86)
* Sarı Boşnak Hüseyin (1686–88)
* Yegen Ahmed (1688–89)
* Kahraman Mustafa (1689–99)
See also
*Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...
Administrative divisions
The eyalet was divided into four sanjaks: # Sanjak of Kamaniçe # Sanjak ofBar
Bar or BAR may refer to:
Food and drink
* Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages
* Candy bar
* Chocolate bar
Science and technology
* Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment
* Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud
* Bar (u ...
# Sanjak of Mejibuji
# Sanjak of Yazlofça
References
External links
Podolia under the Ottoman rule, Eyalet-i Kamaniçe 1672-1699
{{Ukrainian historical regions Ottoman period in Ukraine Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe 1672 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1699 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire Podolia