The Eyalet of Adana ( ota, ایالت ادنه; Eyālet-i Adana)
was an
eyalet
Eyalets ( Ottoman Turkish: ایالت, , English: State), also known as beylerbeyliks or pashaliks, were a primary administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth century the Ottoman local government ...
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 1608, when it was separated from the
Eyalet of Aleppo
ota, ایالت حلب
, common_name = Aleppo Eyalet
, subdivision = Eyalet
, nation = the Ottoman Empire
, year_start = 1534
, year_end = 1864
, date_start =
, date_end =
, event_s ...
.
Its reported area in the 19th century was .
History
The
Ramadanids played a key role in 15th-century Ottoman-
Mamluk
Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...
relations, being a buffer state located in the Mamluk
al-'Awasim frontier zone. In 1517,
Selim I
Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite las ...
incorporated the beylik into the Ottoman Empire after his
conquest of the Mamluk state. The
beys of Ramadanids held the administration of the Ottoman
sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησις (''dioikēsis'', meaning "province" ...
of
Adana
Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million.
Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...
in a hereditary manner until 1608.
Administrative divisions
Sources
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Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia
History of Adana Province
History of Mersin Province
History of Osmaniye Province
1608 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1865 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire