Uyvar 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...

.

It was established during the reign of Mehmed IV

Mehmed IV

Mehmed IV Modern Turkish Mehmet was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687...

. In 1663 the Ottoman expeditionary force led by Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed

Köprülü Fazil Ahmed

Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha Was a member of the renowned Köprülü family originated from Albania, that had given three grand viziers to the Ottoman Empire. He served as a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from...

 defeated the Austrian garrison

Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)

The Austro-Turkish War or fourth Austro-Turkish War was a short war between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.The Habsburg army under Raimondo Montecuccoli succeeded to halt the Ottoman army on its way to Vienna in the Battle of Saint Gotthard.Despite this Ottoman defeat, the war ended...

 of the city of Uyvar (today known as Nové Zámky

Nové Zámky

Nové Zámky is a town in southwestern Slovakia.-Geography:The town is located on the Danubian Lowland, on the Nitra River, at an altitude of 119 metres. It is located around 100 km from Bratislava and around 25 km from the Hungarian border. It is a road and railway hub of southern...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

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) and conquered the region. The Peace of Vasvár

Peace of Vasvár

The Peace of Vasvár was a treaty between the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire which followed the Battle of Saint Gotthard of August 1, 1664, and concluded the Austro-Turkish War...

 recognised Ottoman control over the eyalet. It was returned to Austria after the signing of the Treaty of Karlowitz

Treaty of Karlowitz

The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed on 26 January 1699 in Sremski Karlovci , concluding the Austro-Ottoman War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman side had been defeated at the Battle of Zenta...

 in 1699.

Administrative divisions

The sanjaks of Uyvar Eyalet in the 17th century:

1. Sanjak of Litova
   Lipová, Nové Zámky District
   Lipová is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.-Geography:The village lies at an altitude of 126 metres and covers an area of 13.63 km². It has a population of about 1595 people.-Ethnicity:...
   
   
2. Sanjak of Novigrad
   Nógrád
   Nógrád is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary.- External links :*...
   
   
3. Sanjak of Hulichk
4. Sanjak of Boyak
5. Sanjak of Shaswar

External links

• Map of Uyvar Eyalet