Trebizond Eyalet ( ota, ایالت طربزون, Eyālet-i Ṭrabzōn)
or Trabzon Beylerbeyliği was an
eyalet of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
.
Established in 1598,
[ By Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters] it remained a primarily Christian region into the 17th century, well after the rest of
Anatolia
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ...
had been converted to Islam.
Its reported area in the 19th century was .
Administrative divisions
See also
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Pontic Greeks
The Pontic Greeks ( pnt, Ρωμαίοι, Ρωμίοι, tr, Pontus Rumları or , el, Πόντιοι, or , , ka, პონტოელი ბერძნები, ), also Pontian Greeks or simply Pontians, are an ethnically Greek group i ...
References
Bibliography
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Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia
Trabzon
1598 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1867 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman period in Georgia (country)
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