Rumelia Eyalet
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The eyalet of Rumeli or eyalet of Rumelia (Modern Turkish
: Rumeli Eyaleti or Rumili Eyaleti ), also known as Rumeli Beylerbeyliği was a eyalet
of the Ottoman Empire
. The capital was in Adrianople (Edirne
), Monastir (Bitola
) and Sofia
. Its reported area in the 19th century was 48119 square miles (124,627.6 km²).
It was formed during the reign of Murad I
as the first Beylerbeylik
of the Ottoman Empire. The first beylerbey was Lala Shahin Pasha
.
: "Rumeili has two Defterdar
s, one of the treasury office (mal) and of the feudal tenures (timar
) a Kehiya of Chavushes, an inspector of the Defter
(rolls), a Kehiya of the Defter, an Alai-beg (colonel of the feudal militia); a Cheri-bashi (lieutenant colonel) a Voinok-agha and seven Yuruk-begs".
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
: Rumeli Eyaleti or Rumili Eyaleti ), also known as Rumeli Beylerbeyliği was a eyalet
Eyalet
Eyalets were a former primary administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. The term is sometimes translated province or government. Depending on the rank of their commander, they are also sometimes known as pashaliks, beylerbeyliks, and kapudanliks.From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth...
of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
. The capital was in Adrianople (Edirne
Edirne
Edirne is a city in Eastern Thrace, the northwestern part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. Edirne served as the capital city of the Ottoman Empire from 1365 to 1453, before Constantinople became the empire's new capital. At present, Edirne is the capital of the Edirne...
), Monastir (Bitola
Bitola
Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...
) and Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. Its reported area in the 19th century was 48119 square miles (124,627.6 km²).
It was formed during the reign of Murad I
Murad I
Murad I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1361 to 1389...
as the first Beylerbeylik
Beylerbeylik
Beylerbeylik was a type of country subdivision in the Ottoman Empire....
of the Ottoman Empire. The first beylerbey was Lala Shahin Pasha
Lala Shahin Pasha
Lala Shahin Pasha was the first Beylerbey of Rumelia. He was one of commanders in Battle of Maritsa and the leader of the Battle of Bileća ....
.
Government
Organisation of the eyalet in the 17th century, from the accounts of Evliya ÇelebiEvliya Çelebi
Evliya Çelebi was an Ottoman traveler who journeyed through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years.- Life :...
: "Rumeili has two Defterdar
Defterdar
Defterdars were top officials in charge of the finances in the Ottoman Empire, including heads of the Ottoman provincial treasuries; they were responsible for defters....
s, one of the treasury office (mal) and of the feudal tenures (timar
Timar
Timar is a land granted by the Ottoman sultans between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, with a tax revenue annual value of less than 20 000 akçes. The revenues produced from land acted as compensation for military service. A Timar holder was known as a Timariot...
) a Kehiya of Chavushes, an inspector of the Defter
Defter
A Defter was a type of tax register in the Ottoman Empire. The information collected could vary, but tahrir defterleri typically included details of villages, dwellings, household heads , ethnicity/religion , and land use.The defter-i hakâni was a land registry, also used for tax...
(rolls), a Kehiya of the Defter, an Alai-beg (colonel of the feudal militia); a Cheri-bashi (lieutenant colonel) a Voinok-agha and seven Yuruk-begs".
Governors
- The first BeylerbeyBeylerbeyBeylerbey is the Ottoman and Safavid title used for the highest rank in the hierarchy of provincial administrators It is in western terms a Governor-general, with authority...
of Rumelia was Lala Shahin PashaLala Shahin PashaLala Shahin Pasha was the first Beylerbey of Rumelia. He was one of commanders in Battle of Maritsa and the leader of the Battle of Bileća ....
, the lala (tutor) of Murad IMurad IMurad I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1361 to 1389...
. - Şahabettin Pasha (Sa'd ed-din Pasha) (1436)
- Kasim PashaKasim PashaKasim Pasha or Kasem Pasha was beglerbeg of Rumelia in Ottoman Empire and one of commanders of Ottoman forces during the Battle of Niš in 1443. After Ottoman defeat retreating forces of Kasim Pasha and Turakhan Beg burned all villages between Niš and Sofia.- References :...
(1443) - Sokollu Mehmet Paşa (Mehmed-paša Sokolović) (1551-1555)
- Pertev Pasha (Serbian Ottoman from Herzegovina) (1555-?)
- Yeğen Pasha (17th century)
- Sari Ahmed Pasha (1714) .
- Ali PashaAli PashaAli Pasha of Tepelena or of Yannina, surnamed Aslan, "the Lion", or the "Lion of Yannina", Ali Pashë Tepelena was an Ottoman Albanian ruler of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territory which was also called Pashalik of Yanina. His court was in Ioannina...
(Born in Ioanina or Yanina)(Greece) (1741-1822) - Yorgancıoğlu Pasha (1905)
Administrative divisions
Administrative division of the beylerbeylik of Rumelia between 1700-1730 were as follows:
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Sanjaks in the early 19th century:
Monastir -Places:Italy* Monastir, Sardinia - a comune in the Province of CagliariOttoman Empire* Monastir Province, Ottoman Empire, a vilayet covering parts of modern Albania, Greece and the Republic of MacedoniaRepublic of Macedonia... Trikala Trikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. It is the capital of the Trikala peripheral unit, and is located NW of Athens, NW, of Karditsa, E of Ioannina and Metsovo, S of Grevena, SW of Thessaloniki, and W of Larissa... Scutari Scutari may refer to:*Üsküdar , in Anatolia, Turkey*Scutari Barracks in Üsküdar; former hospital where Florence Nightingale worked*Shkodër, in Albania; also known as Scutari in antiquity... Sanjak of Avlona The Sanjak of Avlona was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire which county town was Berat in Albania.- Territory :... or Valona Vlorë Vlorë is one of the biggest towns and the second largest port city of Albania, after Durrës, with a population of about 94,000 . It is the city where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28, 1912... Sanjak of Elbasan The Sanjak of Elbasan was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire. Its county town was Elbasan in Albania.- Administration :The Sanjak of Elbasan had three kazas:*Elbasan,*Gramsh and*Peqin.... or Il-bessan Sanjak of Prizren The Sanjak of Prizren was one of the sanjaks in the Ottoman Empire with Prizren as its administrative centre. It was founded immediately after Ottoman Empire captured Prizren from Serbian Despotate in 1455. It was one of the sanjaks established on the territory which Ottoman Empire conquered from... or Perserin Sanjak of Dukagjin The Sanjak of Dukagjin or the Sanjak of Peć was a sanjak with its capital in Peć, Kosovo... Sanjak of Skopje The Sanjak of Skopje or the Sanjak of Uskub was one of the sanjaks in the Ottoman Empire with Skopje as its administrative centre.Skopje became part of Ottoman Empire after it was captured from District of Branković on January 6, 1392. The first Ottoman governor of Skopje was Pasha Yiğit Bey, a... or Uskub or Scopi Scopi The Scopi is a 3,190 metres high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Lukmanier Pass on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden.... Sanjak of Delvina The Sanjak of Delvina was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire which county town was Delvinë but during the 18th century became Gjirokastër, Albania. It was created in the middle of 16th century.- Name :... or Delonia or Delvino Kavala Kavala , is the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala peripheral unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos... Sanjak of Ioannina The Sanjak of Ioannina or Sanjak of Jannina, Sanjak of Janina, Sanjak of Yanina, was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire which county town was Ioannina in Epirus.- Administration :... or Janina |
Wholly or partly annexed to the Eyalet
- Byzantine EmpireByzantine EmpireThe Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
- Second Bulgarian EmpireSecond Bulgarian EmpireThe Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state which existed between 1185 and 1396 . A successor of the First Bulgarian Empire, it reached the peak of its power under Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II before gradually being conquered by the Ottomans in the late 14th-early 15th century...
, gradually conquered by the Ottomans in the late 14th-early 15th century. - Serbian DespotateSerbian DespotateThe Serbian Despotate was a Serbian state, the last to be conquered by the Ottoman Empire. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is generally considered the end of the medieval Serbian state, the Despotate, a successor of the Serbian Empire and Moravian Serbia survived for 70 more years,...
, conquered by the Ottomans in 1459 - Kingdom of BosniaKingdom of BosniaThe Kingdom of Bosnia or the Bosnian Kingdom was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Balkans, existing between 1377 and 1463.- Establishment :...
, annexed in 1463 - Despotate of Dobruja
- Principality of KarvunaPrincipality of KarvunaThe Principality of Karvuna or Despotate of Dobruja was a 14th-century quasi-independent state in the region of modern Dobruja. It emerged as a polity under the influence of the Byzantine Empire, and probably had a population composed of Bulgarians, Gagauz, Greeks, Tatars, and Vlachs.The...
Created from the Eyalet
- Bosnia EyaletBosnia EyaletThe Eyalet of Bosnia or Bosnia Beylerbeylik was a eyalet and beylerbeylik of the Ottoman Empire, mostly based on the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as most of Slavonia, Lika, and Dalmatia in present-day Croatia...
(in 1520) - Silistra Eyalet (in 1593)
- Ioannina Eyalet (in 1670)
- In 1826, Rumelia was partitioned between three new eyalets: SalonicaSalonica Eyalet-Administrative divisions:Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:# Sanjak of Tirhala # Sanjak of Selanik # Sanjak of Siros # Sanjak of Drama...
, EdirneEdirne EyaletThe Eyalet of Adrianople or Edirne was constituted from parts of the eyalets of Silistra and Rumelia in 1826. The region later became part of the Adrianople Vilayet.-Administrative divisions:Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:...
and MonastirMonastir EyaletMonastir Eyalet was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Confusingly, it was also sometimes referred to as "Rumelia Eyalet", which was also the name of a previously existing and much larger eyalet.-Administrative divisions:...
.