Tripoli Eyalet
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Tripoli Eyalet was an 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 Tripoli
Tripoli, Lebanon
Tripoli is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in Lebanon. Situated 85 km north of the capital Beirut, Tripoli is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District. Geographically located on the east of the Mediterranean, the city's history dates back...

. Its reported area in the 19th century was 1629 square miles (4,219.1 km²). Ottoman rule in the region began in 1516, but the eyalet wasn't established until 1579, when it was created from the north-western districts of the eyalets of Damascus and Aleppo.

Administrative divisions

Eyalet was consisted of five sanjaks between 1700 and 1740 as follows:
  1. Sanjak of Trabalus (Trablus-Şam : Paşa Sancağı , Tripoli
    Tripoli, Lebanon
    Tripoli is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in Lebanon. Situated 85 km north of the capital Beirut, Tripoli is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District. Geographically located on the east of the Mediterranean, the city's history dates back...

    )
  2. Sanjak of Hama (Hama Sancağı , Hama
    Hama
    Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria north of Damascus. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. Hama is the fourth-largest city in Syria—behind Aleppo, Damascus, and Homs—with a population of 696,863...

    )
  3. Sanjak of Homs (Hums Sansağı , Homs
    Homs
    Homs , previously known as Emesa , is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is above sea level and is located north of Damascus...

    )
  4. Sanjak of Salamieh (Selemiyye Sancağı , Salamiyah
    Salamiyah
    thumb|200px|A full view of Shmemis .Salamiyah is a city and district in western Syria, in the Hama Governorate. It is located 33 km southeast of Hama, 45 km northeast of Homs...

    )
  5. Sanjak of Jebella or Jebellieh (Cebeliyye Sancağı , Jableh)
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