The Province of Temeşvar ( ota, ;ایالت طمشوار Eyālet-i Tımışvār), known as Province of Yanova after 1658, was a first-level administrative unit (

eyalet Eyalets ( Ottoman Turkish: ایالت, , English: State), also known as beylerbeyliks or pashaliks, were a primary administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth century the Ottoman local government ...

) of the

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located in the

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region of

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. Besides Banat, the province also included area north of the

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, part of the

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region. Its territory is now divided between

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, and

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. Its capital was ''Temeşvar'' (today's

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Names

The name of the province in Ottoman Turkish was ''Eyâlet-i Temeşvar'' or ''Eyâlet-i Tımışvar'' (in

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: ''Temeşvar Eyaleti'' or ''Tamışvar Eyaleti''), in Hungarian was ''Temesvári vilajet'', in

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was ''Eialetul Timișoarei'' or ''Pașalâcul Timișoara'', in Serbian was Темишварски ејалет or ''Temišvarski ejalet''. The province was named after its administrative seat, Temeşvar. The Turkish name ''Temeşvar'' is given after the Hungarian one, ''Temesvár'' meaning ''"Castle on the Temes"'' (River).

History

The Eyalet of Temeşvar was formed in 1552, when the Hungarian castle of Temesvár defended by the troop of István Losonczy was captured by the Ottoman troops led by

Kara Ahmed Pasha Kara Ahmed Pasha (executed 29 September 1555) was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1553 and 1555.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 ...

on July 26, 1552Sadık Müfit Bilge, "Macaristan'da Osmanlı Hakimiyetinin ve İdarî Teşkilatının Kuruluşu ve Gelişmesi", ''Ankara Üniversitesi Osmanlı Tarihi Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi Dergisi'' (OTAM), Sayı: 11 Sayfa: 033-081, 2000
p. 59.
and existed until 1716, when it was conquered by the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

. The Eyalet was led by a vali (governor) or

beylerbey ''Beylerbey'' ( ota, بكلربكی, beylerbeyi, lit=bey of beys, meaning the 'commander of commanders' or 'lord of lords') was a high rank in the western Islamic world in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, from the Anatolian Seljuks ...

(sometimes with position of

pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, gener ...

or vizir), whose residence was at the former

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in Temeşvar. In 1718, the

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formed a new province in this region, named the

Banat of Temeswar The Banat of Temeswar or ''Banat of Temes'' was a Habsburg province that existed between 1718 and 1778. It was located in the present day region of Banat, which was named after this province. The province was abolished in 1778 and the follow ...

. Image:Ottoman vojvodina01.png, The Eyalet of Temeşvar and Banate of Lugos and Karansebes in 1568 File:Elayet of temesvar.png, The Temeşvar Eyalet, mid-17th century File:Eyalet of temesvar1699.png, The Eyalet of Temeşvar in 1699 File:Banat1700.jpg, Map from 1700 (Eyalet of Temeşvar depicted in red)

Administrative divisions

Governors

* Kazim-bey or Gazi Kasim-pasha (1552–1554) * Hasan-pasha (1594) * Sofi Sinan-pasha (1594) * Hasan-pasha, the younger (1594) * Mustafa Pasha ( July 1594) * Dželalija Hasan-paša (1604–1605) *

Ahmed-paša Dugalić Dugali Ahmed or Ahmed-paša Dugalić ( 1598–1605) was an Ottoman Bosnian governor of the Bosnia Eyalet (1598–99; 1604) and Temeşvar Eyalet (1605–?). After the Serb Uprising of 1596–97 he made peace with Grdan. He succeeded Dželalija H ...

(1605–) * Ibrahim-pasha (1687) * Ibrahim-pasha (1701-)Milan Tutorov, Banatska rapsodija, Novi Sad, 2001, page 249.

References

External links

Province of Temeşvar in 1600 – Map

Province of Temeşvar – Map

Province of Temeşvar – Map

Province of Temeşvar – Map
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