Varat Eyalet (also known as Pashaluk of Varat or Province of Varat; ota, ایالت وارد; Eyālet-i Vārad) 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 1660. Varat Eyalet bordered Ottoman

Budin Eyalet Budin Eyalet (also known as Province of Budin/Buda or Pashalik of Budin/Buda, ota, ایالت بودین, Eyālet-i Budin) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire in Central Europe and the Balkans. It was formed on the te ...

in the west,

Temeşvar Eyalet The Province of Temeşvar ( ota, ;ایالت طمشوار Eyālet-i Tımışvār), known as Province of Yanova after 1658, was a first-level administrative unit (eyalet) of the Ottoman Empire located in the Banat region of Central Europe. B ...

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 Robert Dankoff is Professor Emeritus of Ottoman & Turkish Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at University of Chicago Robert Dankoff was born on 24 September 1943 in Rochester, New York. In 1964, he received a Bachelor ...

, Klaus Kreiser, L. Reichert, 1992, page 61. (Oradea) was made the seat of an Ottoman governor (beylerbeyi) in 1660. Before the formation of the Eyalet, its area was mostly part of the vassal Ottoman Principality of Transylvania. Some territories that formerly belonged to

and Egir Eyalet were also included into Varat Eyalet. In June 1692 the eyalet was conquered by the Habsburgs, By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters and was ceded to

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

by Treaty of Carlowitz in 1699. Its territory was subsequently included into Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary and Habsburg Principality of Transylvania.

Administrative divisions

The sanjaks of Varat Eyalet in the 17th century: By

Evliya Çelebi Derviş Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi ( ota, اوليا چلبى), was an Ottoman explorer who travelled through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years, recording ...

Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (9 June 1774 – 23 November 1856) was an Austrian orientalist and historian. He is considered one of the most accomplished Orientalists of his time. He was critical of the trend of ascribing classical or a ...

# Sanjak of Varat (Oradea) # Sanjak of Salanta (Salonta) # Sanjak of Debreçin (Debrecen) # Sanjak of Halmaş (Nagyhalász) # Sanjak of Şenköy (Sâniob)

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{{Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman period in Romania Ottoman period in Hungary Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe States and territories established in 1660 1660 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1692 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire

History

Administrative divisions

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