Mosul Eyalet ( ar, إيالة الموصل; ota, ایالت موصل, Eyālet-i Mūṣul)
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 ...
. Its reported area in the 19th century was . The eyalet was largely inhabited by
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Ir ...
.
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A System of Geography: Ancient and Modern
Peter Hill.
History
Sultan
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 ...
defeated the army of
Shah Ismail at the
Battle of Çaldiran, but it wasn't until 1517 that Ottoman armies gained control of Mosul, which remained a frontier garrison city until the
1534 capture of Baghdad.
The eyalet was established in 1535.
Mosul then became one of three Ottoman
administrative territorial units of ‘Irāk.
In the 1840s, the Sanjak of
Cizre
Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre Di ...
, which before was a part of the Emirate of
Bohtan in the
Diyarbekir Eyalet, was added to the Mosul Eyalet, which led to an unsuccessful Kurdish revolt against the Ottoman Empire, led by
Bedir Khan Beg.
Administrative divisions
Sanjaks of Mosul Eyalet in the 17th century:
# Sanjak of
Bajwanli
# Sanjak of
Tekrit
# Sanjak of
Eski Mosul (
Nineveh
Nineveh (; akk, ; Biblical Hebrew: '; ar, نَيْنَوَىٰ '; syr, ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ, Nīnwē) was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern ba ...
)
# Sanjak of
Harú
Added in the 1840s
#Sanjak of
Cizre
Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre Di ...
See also
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Jalili dynasty
The al-Jalili family (Arabic: الجليلي), are an Iraqi family who served as effective rulers of the city of Mosul, Iraq, between 1726 until 1834, during its integration as a district of the Ottoman Empire. They are credited with investing co ...
, rulers of the Mosul Eyalet from 1726 to 1834.
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List of Emirs of Mosul
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Timeline of Mosul
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mosul, Iraq.
Prior to 16th century
* 570 CE - Mar Ishaya (monastery) founded across river from Ninevah; surrounding settlement later develops.
* 641 CE - Arab forces of Utba bin ...
References
Eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in Asia
Ottoman Iraq
1535 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1864 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire
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