Childir Eyalet
| Eyālet-i Čildir | |||||
| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||
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| Capital | Çıldır 1578-1628; Ahıska 1628-1829 Oltu 1829-1845 |
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| History | |||||
| • | Battle of Çıldır | 1578 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1845 | |||
| Today part of |  Georgia Turkey |
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The Eyalet of Childir[1] (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت ایالت چلدر; Eyālet-i Çıldır)[2] or Akhalzik[3][nb 1] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire in the Southwestern Caucasus. The area of the former Çıldır Eyalet is now divided between Samtskhe-Javakheti and the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in Georgia and provinces of Artvin, Ardahan and Erzurum in Turkey. The administrative center was Çıldır between 1578-1628, Ahıska between 1628 and 1829 and Oltu between 1829-1845.
History
Samtskhe was the only Georgian principality to permanently become an Ottoman province (as the eyalet of Cildir).[4] In the eighty years after the battle of Zivin the region was gradually absorbed into the empire.[4]
The Ottomans took the Ahıska region from the Principality of Guria, a vassal state of Safavid dynasty. In 1578, when the new province was established, they appointed the former Georgian prince, Minuchir (who took the name of Mustafa after converting to Islam) as the first governor.[5] From 1625 onwards the entire eyalet was a hereditary possession of the now-Muslim atabegs of Samtskhe,[4] which administered it as hereditary governors, with some exceptions, until the mid-18th century.[5]
During the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829), Russians occupied much of the province. The administrative centre was moved from Ahıska, which was ceded to Russia, to Oltu.[citation needed]
By the treaty of Adrianople, much of the pashalik was ceded to Russia, and became part of the Russian Akhalzik Province.[3] The remaining, smaller inner part was united with the eyalet of Kars (later part of Eyalet of Erzurum) in 1845 and coastal parts was united with Trabzon Eyalet in 1829.[6]
Governors
- Ishak Pasha, who oversaw the completion of the Ishak Pasha Palace[7]
Administrative divisions
Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the 17th century:[8]
- Sanjak of Oulti
- Sanjak of Harbus
- Sanjak of Ardinj
- Sanjak of Hajrek
- Sanjak of Great Ardehan (Ardahan)
- Sanjak of Postkhu
- Sanjak of Mahjil
- Sanjak of Ijareh penbek
- Hereditary sanjaks:
- Sanjak of Purtekrek
- Sanjak of Lawaneh
- Sanjak of Nusuf Awan
- Sanjak of Shushad
See also
Notes
- ↑ Other variants of this name include Akalzike (from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
References
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- ↑ OVER 50,000 PEOPLE VISIT ISHAK PASHA PALACE IN EASTERN TURKEY
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- Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
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- History of Adjara
- History of Ardahan Province
- History of Artvin Province
- History of Erzurum Province
- 1578 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
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