Hüdavendigâr Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت خداوندگار, romanized: Eyālet-i Ḥüdāvendigār)[2] was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The word Hüdavendigâr comes from the Persian word Khodāvandgār which literally translates to "devotee of god".
| ایالت خداوندگار Eyālet-i Ḥüdāvendigār | |||||||||
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| Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1827–1867 | |||||||||
 The Hüdavendigâr Eyalet in 1861 | |||||||||
| Capital | Bursa[1] | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 40°11′N 29°3′E / 40.183°N 29.050°E | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1827 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1867 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
Administrative divisions
editThe eyalet was subdivided into 8 sanjaks:[3]
- Sanjak of Hüdavendigâr (Bursa)[4]
- Sanjak of Karahisar-i Sahip
- Sanjak of Kütahya
- Sanjak of Bilecik
- Sanjak of Biga
- Sanjak of Karesi
- Sanjak of Erdek
- Sanjak of Ayvalık
References
edit- ^ Robert Johnston (March 2010). The Competitive Geography. LULU Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-1-4455-3172-4. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ^ "Some Provinces of the Ottoman Empire". Geonames.de. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Dr. Abdülmecit Mutaf. Salnâmelere Göre Karesi (1847–1922), (2003) Zağnos Kültür ve Eğitim Vakfı, sf.17,18.
- ^ Dictionnaire géographique de l'Empire ottoman by Konstantin Georgievich Mostras. Page 14
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