The Yemen Eyalet ( ar, إيالة اليمن; ota, ایالت یمن, Eyālet-i Yemen) was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire. Although formally an integral part of the empire, the far-flung province was notoriously difficult to administer, and was often lawless. During the early 17th century, the Eyalet was entirely lost to the Yemeni Zaidi State, only to be recovered by the Ottomans two centuries later. The Yemen Eyalet was reorganized in 1849, upon Ottoman takeover of much of Greater Yemen territories. In 1872, most of it became Yemen Vilayet after a land reform in the empire.

History

In 1516, the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluks of Egypt annexed Yemen; but in the following year, the Mamluk governor surrendered to the Ottomans, and Turkish armies subsequently overran the country. They were challenged by the Zaidi Imam, al-Mansur al-Qasim, Qasim the Great (r. 1597–1620), and by 1636, the Zaydi tribesmen had driven the Ottomans out of the country completely.

Governors

;First Ottoman period * Mustafa Pasha al-Nashshar (1539/40–1549) * Özdemir Pasha (1549–1554) * Mustafa Pasha al-Nashshar (1554–1555/56) * Kara Shahin Mustafa Pasha (1556–1560) * Mahmud Pasha (governor), Mahmud Pasha (1561–1565) * Ridwan Pasha (1565–1567) * Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha (1569–1573) * Murad Pasha (1576–1580) * Hasan Pasha (1580–1604) * Ja'far Pasha (1607–1616) * Mehmed Pasha (1616–1621) * Ahmad Fadli Pasha (1622–1624) * Haydar Pasha (1624–1629) * Aydin Pasha (1628–1630) * Qansuh Pasha (1629–1635) ;Second Ottoman periodWorld Statesmen — Yemen
/ref> * Mustafa Sabri Pasha (May 1850–March 1851) * Mehmed Sirri Pasha (March 1851–October 1851) * Bonaparta Mustafa Pasha (October 1851–May 1852) * Kürt Mehmed Pasha (May 1852–May 1856) * Babanli Ahmed Pasha (1st time) (May 1856–December 1862) * Musullu Ali Yaver Pasha (December 1862–August 1864) * Babanli Ahmed Pasha (August 1864–February 1867) * Tacirli Ahmed Pasha (February 1867–March 1869) * Halepli Ali Pasha (March 1869–May 1871) * Topal Bursali Mehmed Redif Pasha (May 1871–August 1871) ;Succeeded by the Yemen Vilayet

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century: # Sanjak of Mokha # Sanjak of Eharish (Abu `Arish?) # Sanjak of Massawa, Massu

References

Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Asia Ottoman period in Yemen 1517 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1872 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire 1849 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 16th century in Yemen 17th century in Yemen 19th century in Yemen {{Ottoman-stub

History

Governors

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